Modernismus
[modɛʁˈnɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Modernismus” is uncommon German (frequency #95,976 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,976
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Betonung des Modernen, Streben nach dem, was modern, neu, aktuell ist; Ausrichtung auf die Modernität
Corpus desk
Index DE-modernismus · Modernismus · German
Modernismus · rank #95,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,976
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH modelling
Nearest frequency peer: modelling (-2 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 „Modernismus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mittelsmänn…
Mittelsmänner
4,030 corpus weight
- mittelständ…
mittelständisches
4,029 corpus weight
- modelling
modelling
4,027 corpus weight
- Modernismus
Modernismus
4,025 corpus weight
- Mondoberflä…
Mondoberfläche
4,021 corpus weight
- mondänen
mondänen
4,020 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Modernismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Modernismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [modɛʁˈnɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Modernismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Modernismus is uncommon German at frequency #95,976 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [modɛʁˈnɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Modernismus has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Modernismus, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Betonung des Modernen, Streben nach dem, was modern, neu, aktuell ist; Ausrichtung auf die Modernität
- 2Strömung innerhalb der römisch-katholischen Kirche im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, welche die moderne Wissenschaft und Philosophie mit den theologischen Lehren zu vereinen suchte
- 3modernes stilistisches Element; Phänomen, das als typisch für die Moderne erachtet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Modernismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ab 1933 wurde der Modernismus in der Kunst in Deutschland politisch verfolgt.” Wieder in New York Als Jackson […]“
„Der literarische Modernismus der 1960er Jahre ist die jüngste Epoche, die sich die Mitglieder der Kanonkommissionen mehrheitlich als abgeschlossen und kanonisierbar vorstellen.“
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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