Monotheismus

[monoteˈɪsmʊs]

/[monoteˈɪsmʊs]/ noun

The verdict

“Monotheismus” is uncommon German (frequency #89,316 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,316
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glaube an einen einzigen Gott

Corpus desk

Index DE-monotheismus · Monotheismus · German

Monotheismus · rank #89,316 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,316
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mondstein

Nearest frequency peer: Mondstein (-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 „Monotheismus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Monotheismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordMonotheismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[monoteˈɪsmʊs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#89,316
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Monotheismus“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mondstein“ (#89,315), „monatelanger“ (#89,314), „moslemischen“ (#89,318). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Monotheismus“ bei #89,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Monotheismus is uncommon German at frequency #89,316 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [monoteˈɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glaube an einen einzigen Gott".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Monotheismus, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Monotheismus, spelled M-O-N-O-T-H-E-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Glaube an einen einzigen Gott

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Während das Christentum dem Monotheismus zugewandt ist, glaubt man im Hinduismus an viele (Halb-)Götter sowie einen Gott.
  2. „Echnaton und Nofretete huldigten dem Gott Aton und einzig ihm. Damit schufen sie die früheste bekannte Form des Monotheismus, also eine Religion, die nur einen Gott kennt.“

Antonyms

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 "Monotheismus"?
"Monotheismus" is spelled M-O-N-O-T-H-E-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [monoteˈɪsmʊs].
What does "Monotheismus" mean?
As a noun, "Monotheismus" means: Glaube an einen einzigen Gott
How do you pronounce "Monotheismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Monotheismus" is [monoteˈɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Monotheismus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list