Leninismus

[leniˈnɪsmʊs]

/[leniˈnɪsmʊs]/ noun

The verdict

“Leninismus” is uncommon German (frequency #55,513 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,513
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - politische Strömung, die auf den Ideen des russischen Politikers und kommunistischen Revolutionärs sowie marxistischen Theoretikers basieren, und die den Marxismus an die historischen Bedingungen d...

Corpus desk

Index DE-leninismus · Leninismus · German

Leninismus · rank #55,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,513
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lesesaal

Nearest frequency peer: Lesesaal (+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 „Leninismus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Leninismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Leninismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeninismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[leniˈnɪsmʊs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Leninismus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Leninismusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lesesaal“ (#55,514), „Libellen“ (#55,515), „leidige“ (#55,510). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Leninismus“ bei #55,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Leninismus is uncommon German at frequency #55,513 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [leniˈnɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "politische Strömung, die auf den Ideen des russischen Politikers und kommunistischen Revolutionärs sowie marxistischen Theoretikers basieren, und die den Marxismus an die historischen Bedingungen d...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Leninismus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Leninismus, spelled L-E-N-I-N-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    politische Strömung, die auf den Ideen des russischen Politikers und kommunistischen Revolutionärs sowie marxistischen Theoretikers basieren, und die den Marxismus an die historischen Bedingungen der Gesellschaft des russischen Zarenreichs anpasste

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Leninismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mugabe übernahm die Verschleierung, jedoch ohne den ideologischen Gehalt des Leninismus.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Leninismus"?
"Leninismus" is spelled L-E-N-I-N-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [leniˈnɪsmʊs].
What does "Leninismus" mean?
As a noun, "Leninismus" means: politische Strömung, die auf den Ideen des russischen Politikers und kommunistischen Revolutionärs sowie marxistischen Theoretikers basieren, und die den Marxismus an die historischen Bedingungen d...
How do you pronounce "Leninismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Leninismus" is [leniˈnɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leninismus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list