Hermeneutik

/[ˌhɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪk]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,933

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Hermeneutik is aGermannoun. It means: die Lehre vom Verstehen von Symbolen jeglicher Art Pronounced [ˌhɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪk].

Key facts for Hermeneutik
PropertyValue
HeadwordHermeneutik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌhɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,933
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Hermeneutik in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Hermeneutik is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌhɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,933 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Hermeneutik in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Hermeneutik, spelled H-E-R-M-E-N-E-U-T-I-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Lehre vom Verstehen von Symbolen jeglicher Art
  2. 2
    die Auslegungskunst
  3. 3
    Wahrnehmung und Verstand von Ordnung und Sinn. Die wirtschaftlichen Akteure spielen dabei eine wesentliche Rolle. Es werden dabei ihre Motive, Emotionen, Logiken und ihr Verhalten untersucht und in einem historischen Kontext rekonstruiert (=Konstruktivismus als erkenntnistheoretische Grundannahme). Somit handelt es sich um eine subjektivistische Grundposition, genauer gesagt um das Angebot plausibler Beschreibungen.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,933 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hermeneutik"?
"Hermeneutik" is spelled H-E-R-M-E-N-E-U-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪk].
What does "Hermeneutik" mean?
As a noun, "Hermeneutik" means: die Lehre vom Verstehen von Symbolen jeglicher Art
How do you pronounce "Hermeneutik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hermeneutik" is [ˌhɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hermeneutik" come from?
"Hermeneutik" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.