Determinismus
[detɛʁmiˈnɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Determinismus” is uncommon German (frequency #75,525 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,525
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Lehre von der kausalen (Vor-)Bestimmtheit allen Geschehens
Corpus desk
Index DE-determinismus · Determinismus · German
Determinismus · rank #75,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,525
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH deskriptiv
Nearest frequency peer: deskriptiv (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Determinismus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Delft
Delft
24,479 corpus weight
- deskriptiv
deskriptiv
24,477 corpus weight
- Determinism…
Determinismus
24,476 corpus weight
- Dezernent
Dezernent
24,475 corpus weight
- DHCP
DHCP
24,474 corpus weight
- dichtgemacht
dichtgemacht
24,473 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Determinismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Determinismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [detɛʁmiˈnɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #75,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Determinismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Determinismus is uncommon German at frequency #75,525 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [detɛʁmiˈnɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Lehre von der kausalen (Vor-)Bestimmtheit allen Geschehens".
Determinismus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Determinismus, spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1die Lehre von der kausalen (Vor-)Bestimmtheit allen Geschehens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Determinismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Naturwissenschaften können weder den Materialismus noch den Determinismus beweisen, bestätigen, verteidigen.“
„Im Fall des Determinismus ist letzten Endes alles bereits vorher festgelegt; es steht fest, was geschehen kann und geschehen wird.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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