Massentourismus

[ˈmasn̩tuˌʁɪsmʊs]

/[ˈmasn̩tuˌʁɪsmʊs]/ noun

The verdict

“Massentourismus” is an uncommon German word, ranked #80,655 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#80,655
frequency rank, German
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Tourismus von sehr vielen Menschen in eine Gegend oder an einen Ort

Key facts for Massentourismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordMassentourismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmasn̩tuˌʁɪsmʊs]
Letters15
Frequency rank#80,655
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Massentourismus” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Massentourismus lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Massentourismus is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmasn̩tuˌʁɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,655 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tourismus von sehr vielen Menschen in eine Gegend oder an einen Ort".

No misspelling variants are generated for Massentourismus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Massentourismus, spelled M-A-S-S-E-N-T-O-U-R-I-S-M-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tourismus von sehr vielen Menschen in eine Gegend oder an einen Ort

Antonyms

sanfter Tourismus

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Massentourismus"?
"Massentourismus" is spelled M-A-S-S-E-N-T-O-U-R-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmasn̩tuˌʁɪsmʊs].
What does "Massentourismus" mean?
As a noun, "Massentourismus" means: Tourismus von sehr vielen Menschen in eine Gegend oder an einen Ort
How do you pronounce "Massentourismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Massentourismus" is [ˈmasn̩tuˌʁɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Massentourismus" come from?
"Massentourismus" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Massentourismus”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-A-S-S-E-N-T-O-U-R-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈmasn̩tuˌʁɪsmʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list