Politikum

[poˈliːtikʊm]

/[poˈliːtikʊm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Politikum” is uncommon German (frequency #55,613 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,613
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - politisch bedeutsamer Vorgang oder Gegenstand

Corpus desk

Index DE-politikum · Politikum · German

Politikum · rank #55,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,613
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Politikwissen…

Nearest frequency peer: Politikwissenschaften (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Politikum“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Politikum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Politikum
PropertyValue
HeadwordPolitikum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[poˈliːtikʊm]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,613
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Politikum“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Politikumfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Politikwissenschaften“ (#55,614), „Piotr“ (#55,611), „Polska“ (#55,615). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Politikum“ bei #55,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Politikum is uncommon German at frequency #55,613 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poˈliːtikʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "politisch bedeutsamer Vorgang oder Gegenstand".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Politikum in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Politikum, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-K-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    politisch bedeutsamer Vorgang oder Gegenstand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Politikum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Auch zunächst unbedeutende Dinge können zum Politikum werden.
  2. „In einem Staatswesen, das keine Trennung zwischen militärischer und ziviler Gewalt kannte, in dem Politiker Heerführer und Heerführer Politiker waren, stellte der Oberbefehl auf bedeutenden Kriegsschauplätzen von jeher ein Politikum dar.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Politikum"?
"Politikum" is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-K-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [poˈliːtikʊm].
What does "Politikum" mean?
As a noun, "Politikum" means: politisch bedeutsamer Vorgang oder Gegenstand
How do you pronounce "Politikum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Politikum" is [poˈliːtikʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Politikum" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Politikum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pflastern#55,605practices#55,621Präfekten#55,628präsenter#55,630

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list