Internationalismus
[ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Internationalismus” is uncommon German (frequency #75,809 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,809
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das in gleicher/ähnlicher Form und Bedeutung zugleich in mehreren Sprachen verbreitet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-internationalismus · Internationalismus · German
Internationalismus · rank #75,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,809
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Interfaces
Nearest frequency peer: Interfaces (-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 „Internationalismus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- intendiert
intendiert
24,195 corpus weight
- Interaktivi…
Interaktivität
24,194 corpus weight
- Interfaces
Interfaces
24,193 corpus weight
- Internation…
Internationalismus
24,192 corpus weight
- Intifada
Intifada
24,191 corpus weight
- Intranspare…
Intransparenz
24,190 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Internationalismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Internationalismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Internationalismus is uncommon German at frequency #75,809 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɪntɐnat͡si̯onaˈlɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Internationalismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zudem bildet sich eine wachsende Zahl sogenannter Internationalismen heraus, die, weil sie die Kommunikation erleichtern können, eigentlich willkommen sein müßten.“
„Durch vergleichende Lexikonanalyse habe ich einen ersten Bestand der Internationalismen erarbeitet: demnach erreichen die gleichen Wortschätze im Deutschen, Englischen und Französischen eine Zahl von 3500 Wörtern, und zwar auf der Basis von einbändigen standardsprachlichen Wörterbüchern.“
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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