Idealist
[ideaˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Idealist” is uncommon German (frequency #57,112 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,112
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Anhänger, ein Vertreter des Idealismus ^([1, 2])
Corpus desk
Index DE-idealist · Idealist · German
Idealist · rank #57,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,112
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH ident
Nearest frequency peer: ident (+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 „Idealist“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- huldigt
huldigt
42,894 corpus weight
- humanitärer
humanitärer
42,893 corpus weight
- Hyänen
Hyänen
42,891 corpus weight
- Idealist
Idealist
42,889 corpus weight
- ident
ident
42,888 corpus weight
- Illertissen
Illertissen
42,884 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Idealist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Idealist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ideaˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Idealist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Idealist is uncommon German at frequency #57,112 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ideaˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Idealist in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Idealist, spelled I-D-E-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1ein Anhänger, ein Vertreter des Idealismus ^([1, 2])
- 2eine Person mit Idealen oder mit einer gewissen Realitätsferne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Idealist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bist du neuerdings Idealist geworden?
„Als müsste man mehr als nur Grenzgänger sein, nämlich auch Glücksritter und Idealist, Falschmünzer und Abenteurer.“<
This word in other languages
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.
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