Optimismus
German, noun[ɔptiˈmɪsmʊs]
Optimismus is spelled O-P-T-I-M-I-S-M-U-S (10 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optimismus is a German masculine noun meaning “optimism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Glaube, in der besten aller möglichen Welten zu leben”.
What does Optimismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoptimism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Glaube, in der besten aller möglichen Welten zu leben 2. eine generell positive Erwartungshaltung beziehungsweise Weltsicht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Optimismus?
- [ɔptiˈmɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Optimismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Optimismus in German?
Optimismus appears 4.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).