Idealismus
German, noun[ideaˈlɪsmʊs]
Idealismus is spelled I-D-E-A-L-I-S-M-U-S (10 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idealismus is a German masculine noun meaning “idealism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Verwirklichung von ethischen Idealen unbeachtet persönlicher Belange”.
What does Idealismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineidealism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Verwirklichung von ethischen Idealen unbeachtet persönlicher Belange 2. philosophische Systeme in denen der Geist, die Vernunft oder das Bewusstsein primär das eigentlich Wirkliche sind, die Materie ist sekundär und eine Erscheinungsform derselben 3. die Wiedergabe idealer, nicht realer Erscheinungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Idealismus?
- [ideaˈlɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Idealismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Idealismus in German?
Idealismus appears 2.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).