Nepotismus
[nepoˈtɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Nepotismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vetternwirtschaft, ungerechtfertigte Begünstigung von Verwandten (z. B. bei Stellenbesetzungen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-nepotismus · Nepotismus · German
Nepotismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | Nepotismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nepoˈtɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nepotismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nepotismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [nepoˈtɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vetternwirtschaft, ungerechtfertigte Begünstigung von Verwandten (z. B. bei Stellenbesetzungen)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nepotismus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Nepotismus, spelled N-E-P-O-T-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Vetternwirtschaft, ungerechtfertigte Begünstigung von Verwandten (z. B. bei Stellenbesetzungen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nepotismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luther gefiel der Nepotismus, den der Staat betrieb, nicht.
„Wie gesagt waren damals Simonie (nach dem aus der Apostelgeschichte bekannten Magier Simon benannte Sünde des „geistlichen Wuchers“, Kauf und Verkauf von geistlichen Gütern und Stellen für Geld oder Geldeswert) und Nepotismus (Verwandtenbegünstigung) verbreitete Erscheinungen.“
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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.