Egoismus
German, noun/eɡoˈɪsmʊs/
Egoismus is spelled E-G-O-I-S-M-U-S (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Egoismus is a German masculine noun meaning “egoism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Haltung, bei der nur der eigene Vorteil zählt”.
What does Egoismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineegoism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haltung, bei der nur der eigene Vorteil zählt 2. eigennützige, selbstsüchtige Handlungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Egoismus
- Egoismen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Egoismus?
- /eɡoˈɪsmʊs/
- [eɡoˈɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Egoismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Egoismus in German?
Egoismus appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).