Realpolitiker
[ʁeˈaːlpoˌliːtɪkɐ]
The verdict
“Realpolitiker” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an den als real anerkannten Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten orientierter Politiker, Vertreter von Realpolitik
Corpus desk
Index DE-realpolitiker · Realpolitiker · German
Realpolitiker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Realpolitiker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈaːlpoˌliːtɪkɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Realpolitiker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Realpolitiker is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeˈaːlpoˌliːtɪkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an den als real anerkannten Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten orientierter Politiker, Vertreter von Realpolitik".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Realpolitiker in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Realpolitiker, spelled R-E-A-L-P-O-L-I-T-I-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1an den als real anerkannten Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten orientierter Politiker, Vertreter von Realpolitik
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Realpolitiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Entgegen den Warnungen von Realpolitikern wie Ben-Gurion, die darin eine Bedrohung für künftige Bemühungen um Frieden mit den arabischen Nachbarn sahen, begann 1968 der Siedlungsbau.“
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.