Sadomasochismus
[zadomazɔˈxɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Sadomasochismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sexualtrieb, bei dem Lust aus dem Zufügen oder Erfahren von Schmerz, Erniedrigung oder Dominanz gewonnen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-sadomasochismus · Sadomasochismus · German
Sadomasochismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Sadomasochismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zadomazɔˈxɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sadomasochismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sadomasochismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zadomazɔˈxɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sexualtrieb, bei dem Lust aus dem Zufügen oder Erfahren von Schmerz, Erniedrigung oder Dominanz gewonnen wird".
Sadomasochismus has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sadomasochismus, spelled S-A-D-O-M-A-S-O-C-H-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Sexualtrieb, bei dem Lust aus dem Zufügen oder Erfahren von Schmerz, Erniedrigung oder Dominanz gewonnen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sadomasochismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Literatur, die sich mit Sadomasochismus befasst, gibt es nicht erst seit 50 Shades of Grey.
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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.