Egozentrismus
[eɡot͡sɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Egozentrismus” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Haltung, die darin besteht, dass jemand sich selbst im Mittelpunkt sieht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Egozentrismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eɡot͡sɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Egozentrismus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Egozentrismus is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eɡot͡sɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Haltung, die darin besteht, dass jemand sich selbst im Mittelpunkt sieht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Egozentrismus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Egozentrismus, spelled E-G-O-Z-E-N-T-R-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Haltung, die darin besteht, dass jemand sich selbst im Mittelpunkt sieht
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.
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Using “Egozentrismus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-G-O-Z-E-N-T-R-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eɡot͡sɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.