Extremist

[ɛkstʁeˈmɪst]

/[ɛkstʁeˈmɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Extremist” is uncommon German (frequency #72,388 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,388
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der etwas auf extreme Art und Weise tut; Anhänger des Extremismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-extremist · Extremist · German

Extremist · rank #72,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,388
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH explosionsart…

Nearest frequency peer: explosionsartig (-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 „Extremist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Extremist
PropertyValue
HeadwordExtremist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛkstʁeˈmɪst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,388
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Extremist“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Extremistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „explosionsartig“ (#72,387), „Exoplaneten“ (#72,386), „fachkundiger“ (#72,390). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Extremist“ bei #72,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Extremist is uncommon German at frequency #72,388 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛkstʁeˈmɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der etwas auf extreme Art und Weise tut; Anhänger des Extremismus".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Extremist, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 Extremist, spelled E-X-T-R-E-M-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der etwas auf extreme Art und Weise tut; Anhänger des Extremismus

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. SindExtremisten eine Bedrohung für die freie Welt?
  2. „In Syrien sind seit dem Beginn der US-geführten Offensive gegen die Dschihadistengruppe vor einer Woche nach Angaben von Aktivisten bereits mehr als 200 Extremisten getötet worden.“

Synonyms

Fanatiker

This word in other languages

extremist(English)extremista(Español)extrémiste(Français)extremista(Português)

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 "Extremist"?
"Extremist" is spelled E-X-T-R-E-M-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkstʁeˈmɪst].
What does "Extremist" mean?
As a noun, "Extremist" means: jemand, der etwas auf extreme Art und Weise tut; Anhänger des Extremismus
How do you pronounce "Extremist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Extremist" is [ɛkstʁeˈmɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Extremist" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list