Empirismus
[ɛmpiˈʁɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Empirismus” is uncommon German (frequency #73,432 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,432
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehre, die davon ausgeht, dass jede Erkenntnis erst durch die Sinne in den Verstand gelangen muss (maßgeblich geprägt durch John Locke)
Corpus desk
Index DE-empirismus · Empirismus · German
Empirismus · rank #73,432 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,432
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Elektrolyte
Nearest frequency peer: Elektrolyte (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Empirismus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- einwöchigen
einwöchigen
26,573 corpus weight
- elektrifizi…
elektrifiziert
26,571 corpus weight
- Elektrolyte
Elektrolyte
26,570 corpus weight
- Empirismus
Empirismus
26,569 corpus weight
- Energiesekt…
Energiesektor
26,568 corpus weight
- Enoch
Enoch
26,566 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Empirismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Empirismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛmpiˈʁɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Empirismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Empirismus is uncommon German at frequency #73,432 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛmpiˈʁɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lehre, die davon ausgeht, dass jede Erkenntnis erst durch die Sinne in den Verstand gelangen muss (maßgeblich geprägt durch John Locke)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Empirismus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Empirismus, spelled E-M-P-I-R-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Lehre, die davon ausgeht, dass jede Erkenntnis erst durch die Sinne in den Verstand gelangen muss (maßgeblich geprägt durch John Locke)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Empirismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Empirismus ist eine aufklärerische Variante der Erkenntnistheorie.
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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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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