Schamanismus

[ʃamaˈnɪsmʊs]

/[ʃamaˈnɪsmʊs]/ noun

The verdict

“Schamanismus” is uncommon German (frequency #77,271 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,271
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glaube an die Fähigkeit mancher Menschen, Geister zu beschwören

Corpus desk

Index DE-schamanismus · Schamanismus · German

Schamanismus · rank #77,271 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,271
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schafspelz

Nearest frequency peer: Schafspelz (-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 „Schamanismus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schamanismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchamanismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃamaˈnɪsmʊs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#77,271
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schamanismus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schamanismusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schafspelz“ (#77,270), „Scharnier“ (#77,272), „Schauern“ (#77,273). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schamanismus“ bei #77,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schamanismus is uncommon German at frequency #77,271 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃamaˈnɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glaube an die Fähigkeit mancher Menschen, Geister zu beschwören".

Schamanismus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schamanismus, spelled S-C-H-A-M-A-N-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Glaube an die Fähigkeit mancher Menschen, Geister zu beschwören

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Diejenigen, die die Prostitution als das älteste Gewerbe ansehen, vergessen, dass der Schamanismus mindestens ein paar Jahrhunderte älter ist.“
  2. „Ihre Religion war der Schamanismus, ihre Priester waren die Schamanen.“

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); 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 "Schamanismus"?
"Schamanismus" is spelled S-C-H-A-M-A-N-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃamaˈnɪsmʊs].
What does "Schamanismus" mean?
As a noun, "Schamanismus" means: Glaube an die Fähigkeit mancher Menschen, Geister zu beschwören
How do you pronounce "Schamanismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schamanismus" is [ʃamaˈnɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schamanismus" come from?
"Schamanismus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list