Gedankenwelt
German, noun/ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̩ˌvɛlt/
Gedankenwelt is spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-W-E-L-T (12 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedankenwelt is a German feminine noun meaning “thought-world, world of ideas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit vorhandener Vorstellungen/Gedanken”.
What does Gedankenwelt mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethought-world, world of ideas
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit vorhandener Vorstellungen/Gedanken
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gedankenwelt
- Gedankenwelten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gedankenwelt?
- /ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̩ˌvɛlt/
- /ɡəˈdaŋkənˌvɛlt/
- [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ˌvɛlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gedankenwelt in German?
Gedankenwelt appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).