Kleinbürgertum
[ˈklaɪ̯nˌbʏʁɡɐtuːm]
The verdict
“Kleinbürgertum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bürgerliche Gruppe der Bevölkerung mit vergleichsweise niedrigem Sozialstatus
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleinburgertum · Kleinbürgertum · German
Kleinbürgertum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kleinbürgertum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nˌbʏʁɡɐtuːm] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kleinbürgertum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kleinbürgertum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯nˌbʏʁɡɐtuːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bürgerliche Gruppe der Bevölkerung mit vergleichsweise niedrigem Sozialstatus".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kleinbürgertum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Kleinbürgertum, spelled K-L-E-I-N-B-Ü-R-G-E-R-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1bürgerliche Gruppe der Bevölkerung mit vergleichsweise niedrigem Sozialstatus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kleinbürgertum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das tschechische Element dagegen war das aufstrebende Kleinbürgertum.“
„Die Mitglieder rekrutierten sich vor allem aus dem Kleinbürgertum; daneben waren aber auch Arbeiter überraschend stark vertreten.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.