Pragmatik

[pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk]

/[pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pragmatik” is uncommon German (frequency #96,093 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,093
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orientierung an Nützlichkeit, Sachbezogenheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-pragmatik · Pragmatik · German

Pragmatik · rank #96,093 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,093
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Preisabsprach…

Nearest frequency peer: Preisabsprachen (+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 „Pragmatik“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pragmatik
PropertyValue
HeadwordPragmatik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,093
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pragmatik“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pragmatikfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Preisabsprachen“ (#96,094), „Postmeister“ (#96,091), „Preisbindung“ (#96,095). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pragmatik“ bei #96,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pragmatik is uncommon German at frequency #96,093 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Pragmatik in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pragmatik, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Orientierung an Nützlichkeit, Sachbezogenheit
  2. 2
    Disziplin, deren Gegenstand die Sprachverwendung ist. Sie betrachtet Sprechen/Schreiben als Handlung
  3. 3
    Disziplin, die sich mit der Beziehung zwischen Zeichen und Zeichenverwender befasst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „2001 kritisierte der UN-Menschenrechtsrat, dass internationale Finanzinstitutionen dazu tendieren, wirtschaftliche Pragmatik über Menschenrechte zu stellen.“
  2. Die Pragmatik befasst sich z. B. mit der Frage, welcher Sprechakt vollzogen wird, wenn man zu jemandem sagt: „Es zieht“.

Synonyms

Pragmalinguistik

Antonyms

TheorieSemantikSyntax

This word in other languages

pragmatics(English)

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 "Pragmatik"?
"Pragmatik" is spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk].
What does "Pragmatik" mean?
As a noun, "Pragmatik" means: Orientierung an Nützlichkeit, Sachbezogenheit
How do you pronounce "Pragmatik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pragmatik" is [pʁaˈɡmaːtɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pragmatik" come from?
"Pragmatik" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

poliertem#96,082Planwagen#96,077Physikers#96,073partridge#96,058

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list