Helvetismus
German, noun/hɛlveˈtɪsmʊs/
Helvetismus is spelled H-E-L-V-E-T-I-S-M-U-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written German, the 579,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Helvetismus is a German masculine noun meaning “Helvetism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sprachlicher Ausdruck, der typisch/charakteristisch für die Varietäten des schweizerischen Deutsch ist”.
What does Helvetismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineHelvetism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sprachlicher Ausdruck, der typisch/charakteristisch für die Varietäten des schweizerischen Deutsch ist 2. typisch schweizerische Verhaltensweise
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 Helvetismus
- Helvetismen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Helvetismus?
- /hɛlveˈtɪsmʊs/
- [hɛlveˈtɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Helvetismus in German?
Helvetismus appears about once in every 85 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).