Pessimismus
German, noun[pɛsiˈmɪsmʊs]
Pessimismus is spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-M-U-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pessimismus is a German masculine noun meaning “pessimism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Lehre, nach der die existierende Welt als die schlechteste aller möglichen Welten interpretiert wird”.
What does Pessimismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepessimism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Lehre, nach der die existierende Welt als die schlechteste aller möglichen Welten interpretiert wird 2. eine verneinende Lebensauffassung, die mit Hoffnungslosigkeit, Schwarzseherei und gedrückter Stimmung einhergeht
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 Pessimismus?
- [pɛsiˈmɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pessimismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pessimismus in German?
Pessimismus appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).