Fideismus
[fideˈɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Fideismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haltung, in der der Glaube über die Vernunft gestellt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-fideismus · Fideismus · German
Fideismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Fideismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fideˈɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fideismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fideismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fideˈɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fideismus, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fideismus, spelled F-I-D-E-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Haltung, in der der Glaube über die Vernunft gestellt ist
- 2(evangelisch-reformierte) Lehre, nach der einzig der Glaube, nicht jedoch dessen Inhalt von Bedeutung ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fideismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war ein Eiferer, der in wissenschaftsfeindlichem Fideismus an seinen einmal gewonnenen Grundsätzen festhielt.
Fideismus und Traditionalismus lehnen eine Vernunfterkenntnis Gottes ab.
Antonyms
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.