Lebensphilosophie
[ˈleːbn̩sfilozoˌfiː]
The verdict
“Lebensphilosophie” is uncommon German (frequency #74,820 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,820
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine bestimmte Richtung der Philosophie, die sich seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gegen die Mechanisierung und Technisierung des Daseins und die damit einhergehende rationalistische Begrifflichkei...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lebensphilosophie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːbn̩sfilozoˌfiː] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #74,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lebensphilosophie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lebensphilosophie is uncommon German at frequency #74,820 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːbn̩sfilozoˌfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine bestimmte Richtung der Philosophie, die sich seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gegen die Mechanisierung und Technisierung des Daseins und die damit einhergehende rationalistische Begrifflichkei...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lebensphilosophie, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lebensphilosophie, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-P-H-I-L-O-S-O-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1eine bestimmte Richtung der Philosophie, die sich seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gegen die Mechanisierung und Technisierung des Daseins und die damit einhergehende rationalistische Begrifflichkeit wehrte. Herausragende Vertreter dieser Lehre sind Max Scheler (pantheistischer Lebensdrang) und Oswald Spengler (Kulturen verhalten sich in ihrem Lebens- und Wachstumsdrang wie Pflanzen) oder der französische Philosoph Henri Bergson (Schöpferische Entwicklung erfolgt aus dem „élan vital“ heraus.)
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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- The one correct German spelling is L-E-B-E-N-S-P-H-I-L-O-S-O-P-H-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.