Sadist

[zaˈdɪst]

/[zaˈdɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sadist” is uncommon German (frequency #83,235 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,235
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Lustgewinn daraus zieht, andere zu quälen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sadist · Sadist · German

Sadist · rank #83,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,235
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sachkundig

Nearest frequency peer: sachkundig (-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 „Sadist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sadist
PropertyValue
HeadwordSadist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zaˈdɪst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#83,235
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sadist“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sadistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sachkundig“ (#83,234), „Sadisten“ (#83,236), „Rückversicherung“ (#83,233). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sadist“ bei #83,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sadist is uncommon German at frequency #83,235 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zaˈdɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Lustgewinn daraus zieht, andere zu quälen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Sadist in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sadist, spelled S-A-D-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Lustgewinn daraus zieht, andere zu quälen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Schon am Nachmittag nach diesem feierlichen Treueschwur, den wir vor einem Korvettenkapitän, unserem Kompaniechef und einigen Marineoffizieren leisten mussten, entpuppten sich einige unserer Ausbilder als einfallsreiche Sadisten.“
  2. „Ob Reinhold Sadist von Anlage war, weiß er nicht.“

Antonyms

Masochist

This word in other languages

sadist(English)sádico(Español)sadique(Français)

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 "Sadist"?
"Sadist" is spelled S-A-D-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [zaˈdɪst].
What does "Sadist" mean?
As a noun, "Sadist" means: Person, die Lustgewinn daraus zieht, andere zu quälen
How do you pronounce "Sadist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sadist" is [zaˈdɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prunus#83,182sehend#83,289pronto#83,179Seraph#83,295

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list