Gewaltmensch
[ɡəˈvaltˌmɛnʃ]
The verdict
“Gewaltmensch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch, der anderen Menschen gegenüber gewalttätig und rücksichtslos auftritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewaltmensch · Gewaltmensch · German
Gewaltmensch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Gewaltmensch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvaltˌmɛnʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewaltmensch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gewaltmensch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvaltˌmɛnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mensch, der anderen Menschen gegenüber gewalttätig und rücksichtslos auftritt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gewaltmensch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gewaltmensch, spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-M-E-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Mensch, der anderen Menschen gegenüber gewalttätig und rücksichtslos auftritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gewaltmensch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„… Gleichfalls, unter welchen Vorzeichen die kommenden Gewaltmenschen der abendländischen Endzeit ihre Macht entfalten werden.“
„Als Lambergs ehemalige Geliebte Anette Hollenkamp vor Gericht Lamberg als cholerischen Gewaltmenschen beschreibt, wendet sich das Blatt erneut.“
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.