Hypokrisie
[hypokʁiˈziː]
The verdict
“Hypokrisie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vortäuschung einer Meinung, ohne diese wirklich zu vertreten
Corpus desk
Index DE-hypokrisie · Hypokrisie · German
Hypokrisie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Hypokrisie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hypokʁiˈziː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hypokrisie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hypokrisie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hypokʁiˈziː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vortäuschung einer Meinung, ohne diese wirklich zu vertreten".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hypokrisie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hypokrisie, spelled H-Y-P-O-K-R-I-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Vortäuschung einer Meinung, ohne diese wirklich zu vertreten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hypokrisie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In seinen 1721 veröffentlichten Lettres persanes prangerte er ganz unverblümt die Hypokrisie christlicher Herrscher an, die in ihren eigenen Reichen den Sklaven die Freiheit schenkten, dann aber in den fernen Regionen, die sie eroberten, die Sklaverei wieder einführten.“
„Aus Hypokrisie Vortheil ziehen.“ (1853)
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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.