Egotismus
[eɡoˈtɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Egotismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertriebene Neigung, sich selbst in den Vordergrund zu stellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-egotismus · Egotismus · German
Egotismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Egotismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eɡoˈtɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Egotismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Egotismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eɡoˈtɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übertriebene Neigung, sich selbst in den Vordergrund zu stellen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Egotismus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Egotismus, spelled E-G-O-T-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1übertriebene Neigung, sich selbst in den Vordergrund zu stellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Egotismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mich nervt der Egotismus mancher Leute.
„Hinter der als Antisemitismus bezeichneten soziologischen Erscheinung […] steht also durchaus nicht allein der böse Wille, der nationale Egotismus, oder der Neid und Hass des völkischen Wettbewerbs.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.