Egozentrismus
[eɡot͡sɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Egozentrismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- 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-egozentrismus · Egozentrismus · German
Egozentrismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Egozentrismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eɡot͡sɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Egozentrismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Egozentrismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eɡot͡sɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Egozentrismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zu Beginn der Neuzeit war der Egozentrismus des Menschen zum Witz geworden.“
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.