Moralist
[moʁaˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Moralist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die für Prinzipien der Moral eintritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-moralist · Moralist · German
Moralist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moralist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moʁaˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Moralist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Moralist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [moʁaˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die für Prinzipien der Moral eintritt".
Moralist has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Moralist, spelled M-O-R-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die für Prinzipien der Moral eintritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Moralist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Marx ist widerlegt, und auch Dickens, der Sozialkritiker, ist veraltet, doch als Moralist und Zauberer ist er aktueller denn je.“
„Er ist Satiriker, aber kein Moralist und noch weniger Sittenrichter.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.