Dystopie

[dʏstoˈpiː]

/[dʏstoˈpiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Dystopie” is uncommon German (frequency #52,774 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,774
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anatomisch unübliche Lage von Gewebe oder eines Organs

Corpus desk

Index DE-dystopie · Dystopie · German

Dystopie · rank #52,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,774
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Durchschlagsk…

Nearest frequency peer: Durchschlagskraft (-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 „Dystopie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dystopie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dystopie
PropertyValue
HeadwordDystopie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dʏstoˈpiː]
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dystopie“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Dystopiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Durchschlagskraft“ (#52,773), „Dünnschiss“ (#52,775), „Durchmarsch“ (#52,772). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dystopie“ bei #52,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dystopie is uncommon German at frequency #52,774 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dʏstoˈpiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Dystopie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dystopie, spelled D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    anatomisch unübliche Lage von Gewebe oder eines Organs
  2. 2
    Geschichte, die in einer fiktiven Gesellschaft spielt, die sich zum Negativen entwickelt hat, (literarische) Endzeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Dystopie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In dieser Dystopie verwenden die Behörden interessanterweise anfangs nicht die von Google erfassten, intimen Suchanfragen eines potenziell Verdächtigen, sondern arbeiten mit Kombinationsdaten.“
  2. „Trumps Twitter hat das ! zum Knecht des Zwiespalts, des Stress und einer postfaktischen Dystopie gemacht.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dystopie"?
"Dystopie" is spelled D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dʏstoˈpiː].
What does "Dystopie" mean?
As a noun, "Dystopie" means: anatomisch unübliche Lage von Gewebe oder eines Organs
How do you pronounce "Dystopie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dystopie" is [dʏstoˈpiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dystopie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dystopie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list