Exhibitionismus

[ɛkshibit͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs]

/[ɛkshibit͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Exhibitionismus” is uncommon German (frequency #81,521 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,521
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sexualtrieb, bei dem Lustgewinn aus der Zurschaustellung der eigenen Genitalien gezogen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-exhibitionismus · Exhibitionismus · German

Exhibitionismus · rank #81,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,521
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH exekutieren

Nearest frequency peer: exekutieren (-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 „Exhibitionismus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Exhibitionismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Exhibitionismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordExhibitionismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛkshibit͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs]
Letters15
Frequency rank#81,521
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Exhibitionismus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Exhibitionismusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „exekutieren“ (#81,520), „experts“ (#81,522), „Eukalyptus“ (#81,519). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Exhibitionismus“ bei #81,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Exhibitionismus is uncommon German at frequency #81,521 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛkshibit͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Exhibitionismus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 Exhibitionismus, spelled E-X-H-I-B-I-T-I-O-N-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sexualtrieb, bei dem Lustgewinn aus der Zurschaustellung der eigenen Genitalien gezogen wird
  2. 2
    der Drang sich selbst oder sein Leben zu präsentieren, in die Öffentlichkeit zu tragen
  3. 3
    Handlung, die von einer männlichen Person verübt wird, bei der durch Zurschaustellung von Genitalien Dritte belästigt werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Exhibitionismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Exhibitionismus im klinischen Sinne, bedingt immer auch einen Leidensdruck Betroffener.
  2. „Freud übrigens führt an, dass es im Verbergen auch ein Aufreizen gibt und dass der weibliche Exhibitionismus sich im Verrücken der Röcke, im Hochdrücken der Büste offenbart.“

Synonyms

Selbstentblößung

Antonyms

Voyeurismus

This word in other languages

exhibitionism(English)exhibitionnisme(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Exhibitionismus"?
"Exhibitionismus" is spelled E-X-H-I-B-I-T-I-O-N-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkshibit͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs].
What does "Exhibitionismus" mean?
As a noun, "Exhibitionismus" means: Sexualtrieb, bei dem Lustgewinn aus der Zurschaustellung der eigenen Genitalien gezogen wird
How do you pronounce "Exhibitionismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Exhibitionismus" is [ɛkshibit͡si̯oˈnɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Exhibitionismus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fettverbrennung#81,536Forschungslabor#81,549Ehrenbreitstein#81,464Geheimdienstler#81,581

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list