Eskapismus
[ˌɛskaˈpɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Eskapismus” 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) - Flucht vor der realen Welt
Corpus desk
Index DE-eskapismus · Eskapismus · German
Eskapismus · 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 | Eskapismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɛskaˈpɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eskapismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eskapismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɛskaˈpɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flucht vor der realen Welt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eskapismus, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Eskapismus, spelled E-S-K-A-P-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Flucht vor der realen Welt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eskapismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Romane sind der reinste Eskapismus.
„Eskapismus aus dem als kalt empfundenen »real life« ist ein weit verbreitetes Muster, das auch Suchterkrankungen zugrundeliegt […].“
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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.