Hedonist
[hedoˈnɪst]
The verdict
“Hedonist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verfechter des Hedonismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-hedonist · Hedonist · German
Hedonist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Hedonist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hedoˈnɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hedonist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hedonist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hedoˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hedonist in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Hedonist, spelled H-E-D-O-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Verfechter des Hedonismus
- 2jemand, dessen Verhalten vor allem auf sinnliche Genüsse ausgerichtet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hedonist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin ein Hedonist.
Er ist ein Hedonist.
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.