Expressionist
[ɛkspʁɛsi̯oˈnɪst]
The verdict
“Expressionist” 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) - Vertreter des Expressionismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-expressionist · Expressionist · German
Expressionist · 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 | Expressionist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛkspʁɛsi̯oˈnɪst] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Expressionist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Expressionist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛkspʁɛsi̯oˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter des Expressionismus".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Expressionist, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Expressionist, spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Vertreter des Expressionismus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Expressionist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit der Wiederentdeckung der Expressionisten hätte sich mein Vater gerne geschmückt.“
„Hanns Johst will helfen, aber Wolfgang Willrich, unterstützt von Ernährungsminister Walther Darré, greift auch ihn an, schließlich hat auch Johst als Expressionist und Jungautor »dumme Sachen« gemacht.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.