Parallelismus
[paʁaleˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Parallelismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gleichartige Beschaffenheit von Dingen oder Vorgängen
Corpus desk
Index DE-parallelismus · Parallelismus · German
Parallelismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Parallelismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁaleˈlɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Parallelismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Parallelismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʁaleˈlɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Parallelismus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Parallelismus, spelled P-A-R-A-L-L-E-L-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1gleichartige Beschaffenheit von Dingen oder Vorgängen
- 2Rhetorik, rhetorische Figur, bei der Wortgruppen gleich strukturiert sind
- 3Linguistik, speziell Annahme einer gleichartigen Strukturierung von Inhaltsplan und Ausdrucksplan des sprachlichen Zeichens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Parallelismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei manchen historischen Ereignissen kann man durchaus Parallelismen entdecken.
Ein Satz wie „Hilfst Du mir, helf ich Dir“ enthält einen Parallelismus in der Abfolge der Satzglieder.
Synonyms
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.