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Realismus

German, noun[ˌʁeaˈlɪsmʊs]

Realismus is spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-M-U-S (9 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Realismus is a German masculine noun meaning “realism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “richtige, angemessene Einschätzung der Wirklichkeit; Wirklichkeitssinn”.

What does Realismus mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerealism

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. richtige, angemessene Einschätzung der Wirklichkeit; Wirklichkeitssinn 2. künstlerische und literarische Strömung in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts mit dem Ziel, das, was für wirklich gehalten wurde, künstlerisch darzustellen 3. Strömung der Philosophie, die von einer Welt ausgeht, die unabhängig von unserem Bewusstsein existiert

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Realismus

  • Realismen nominative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Realismus?

  • [ˌʁeaˈlɪsmʊs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Realismus

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Realismus in German?

Realismus appears 4.4 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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