Irrtum
German, noun/ˈɪʁtʊm/
Irrtum is spelled I-R-R-T-U-M (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irrtum is a German masculine noun meaning “error, mistake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unabsichtlich falsche Annahme”.
What does Irrtum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineerror, mistake
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unabsichtlich falsche Annahme
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Irrtum
- Irrtumes genitive
- Irrtums genitive
- Irrtümer plural
- Irrtume dative singular
- Irrtümern dative definite plural
- Irrthum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Irrtum?
- /ˈɪʁtʊm/
- [ˈɪʁtuːm]
- [ˈɪʁtʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Irrtum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Irrtum in German?
Irrtum appears 7.4 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).