Purismus
[puˈʁɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Purismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertriebene Bemühung, etwas "rein", d.h. frei von fremden, unerwünschten Einflüssen zu halten
Corpus desk
Index DE-purismus · Purismus · German
Purismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Purismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [puˈʁɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Purismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Purismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [puˈʁɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Purismus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Purismus, spelled P-U-R-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1übertriebene Bemühung, etwas "rein", d.h. frei von fremden, unerwünschten Einflüssen zu halten
- 2Übersetzung eines als fremd empfundenen Ausdrucks in die eigene Sprache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Purismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Falle der Sprache ist Purismus der Versuch, die Einflüsse anderer Sprachen auf die eigene einzuschränken, wenn man der Ansicht ist, dass die eigene Sprache durch diese Einflüsse gefährdet ist.
Auch in der Denkmalpflege spielt Purismus eine Rolle.
This word in other languages
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.