Humanist

[ˌhumaˈnɪst]

/[ˌhumaˈnɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Humanist” is uncommon German (frequency #51,420 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,420
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anhänger der Weltanschauung des Humanismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-humanist · Humanist · German

Humanist · rank #51,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,420
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hundertsten

Nearest frequency peer: hundertsten (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Humanist“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Humanist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Humanist
PropertyValue
HeadwordHumanist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌhumaˈnɪst]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Humanist“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Humanistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hundertsten“ (#51,421), „Hofs“ (#51,418), „Hochkonjunktur“ (#51,417). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Humanist“ bei #51,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Humanist is uncommon German at frequency #51,420 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌhumaˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Humanist, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Humanist, spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anhänger der Weltanschauung des Humanismus
  2. 2
    Vertreter des Renaissance-Humanismus
  3. 3
    jemand, der über eine humanistische Schulbildung verfügt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Humanist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Humanisten glauben an die Würde des Menschen.
  2. Erasmus war ein großer Humanist.

Antonyms

AntihumanistUngebildeter

This word in other languages

humanist(English)humanista(Español)humaniste(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Humanist"?
"Humanist" is spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhumaˈnɪst].
What does "Humanist" mean?
As a noun, "Humanist" means: Anhänger der Weltanschauung des Humanismus
How do you pronounce "Humanist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Humanist" is [ˌhumaˈnɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Humanist" come from?
"Humanist" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Humanist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hinsieht#51,412illustre#51,429inferior#51,431Herzfeld#51,405

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list