Internationalismus
[ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Internationalismus” is an uncommon German word, ranked #75,809 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,809
- frequency rank, German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wort, das in gleicher/ähnlicher Form und Bedeutung zugleich in mehreren Sprachen verbreitet ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Internationalismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #75,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Internationalismus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Internationalismus is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,809 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for Internationalismus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Internationalismus, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Wort, das in gleicher/ähnlicher Form und Bedeutung zugleich in mehreren Sprachen verbreitet ist
- 2internationale Ausrichtung politischer Maßnahmen, politischen Denkens
Antonyms
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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Using “Internationalismus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.