Pragmalinguistik
[ˌpʁaɡmalɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk]
The verdict
“Pragmalinguistik” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disziplin, deren Gegenstand die Sprachverwendung ist. Sie betrachtet Sprechen/Schreiben als Handlung.
Corpus desk
Index DE-pragmalinguistik · Pragmalinguistik · German
Pragmalinguistik · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Pragmalinguistik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpʁaɡmalɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pragmalinguistik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pragmalinguistik is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌpʁaɡmalɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disziplin, deren Gegenstand die Sprachverwendung ist. Sie betrachtet Sprechen/Schreiben als Handlung.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pragmalinguistik, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Pragmalinguistik, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-L-I-N-G-U-I-S-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1Disziplin, deren Gegenstand die Sprachverwendung ist. Sie betrachtet Sprechen/Schreiben als Handlung.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pragmalinguistik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Pragmalinguistik befasst sich z.B. mit der Frage, welcher Sprechakt vollzogen wird, wenn man zu jemand sagt: „Es zieht“. (Gilt die Äußerung in der Kommunikation als Feststellung oder als Aufforderung?)
„Denkbar wäre auch ihre Behandlung im Rahmen einer lexikologischen Stilistik als Teildisziplin der Pragmalinguistik.“
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.