Egozentrik
[eɡoˈt͡sɛntʁɪk]
The verdict
“Egozentrik” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haltung, die darin besteht, dass jemand sich selbst im Mittelpunkt sieht
Corpus desk
Index DE-egozentrik · Egozentrik · German
Egozentrik · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Egozentrik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eɡoˈt͡sɛntʁɪk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Egozentrik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Egozentrik is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eɡoˈt͡sɛntʁɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haltung, die darin besteht, dass jemand sich selbst im Mittelpunkt sieht".
Egozentrik doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Egozentrik, spelled E-G-O-Z-E-N-T-R-I-K.
Definition
- 1Haltung, die darin besteht, dass jemand sich selbst im Mittelpunkt sieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Egozentrik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich habe allen Grund zur Egozentrik, denn ich kenne niemanden, der meine Aufmerksamkeit mehr verdient hätte als ich.“
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.