Naturalismus

/[natuʁaˈlɪsmʊs]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#54,751

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Naturalismus is aGermannoun. It means: Wirklichkeitsnähe bei der Wiedergabe/Darstellung von Gegenständen Pronounced [natuʁaˈlɪsmʊs].

Key facts for Naturalismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordNaturalismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[natuʁaˈlɪsmʊs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Naturalismus in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Naturalismus is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [natuʁaˈlɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,751 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Naturalismus in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 Naturalismus, spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-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
    Wirklichkeitsnähe bei der Wiedergabe/Darstellung von Gegenständen
  2. 2
    literarische und künstlerische Bewegung Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, die sich unter dem Einfluss der Naturwissenschaften um eine wirklichkeitsnahe Gestaltung ihrer Gegenstände bemüht
  3. 3
    „philosophisch-weltanschauliche Richtung, welche die Natur als das Allumfassende, Einzige, allein Seiende betrachtet“

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #54,751 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Naturalismus"?
"Naturalismus" is spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [natuʁaˈlɪsmʊs].
What does "Naturalismus" mean?
As a noun, "Naturalismus" means: Wirklichkeitsnähe bei der Wiedergabe/Darstellung von Gegenständen
How do you pronounce "Naturalismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Naturalismus" is [natuʁaˈlɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Naturalismus" come from?
"Naturalismus" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.