Konsumgesellschaft
[kɔnˈzuːmɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
The verdict
“Konsumgesellschaft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #75,877 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,877
- frequency rank, German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesellschaft, in der die Befriedigung möglichst vieler Bedürfnisse nur durch Konsum gegen entsprechende Bezahlung möglich ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Konsumgesellschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔnˈzuːmɡəˌzɛlʃaft] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #75,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Konsumgesellschaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Konsumgesellschaft is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔnˈzuːmɡəˌzɛlʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,877 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gesellschaft, in der die Befriedigung möglichst vieler Bedürfnisse nur durch Konsum gegen entsprechende Bezahlung möglich ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Konsumgesellschaft, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Konsumgesellschaft, spelled K-O-N-S-U-M-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Gesellschaft, in der die Befriedigung möglichst vieler Bedürfnisse nur durch Konsum gegen entsprechende Bezahlung möglich ist
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 “Konsumgesellschaft”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-O-N-S-U-M-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.