Semitismus
German, noun/zemiˈtɪsmʊs/
Semitismus is spelled S-E-M-I-T-I-S-M-U-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semitismus is a German masculine noun meaning “Semitism (a word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unscharfe Bezeichnung für die Juden als Volk, unabhängig von der Religion”.
What does Semitismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSemitism (a word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language)
- 2
masculineSemitism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unscharfe Bezeichnung für die Juden als Volk, unabhängig von der Religion 2. Anleihe an Konstruktions- oder Ausdrucksweisen, wie sie in semitischen Sprachen üblich ist
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 Semitismus
- Semitismen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Semitismus?
- /zemiˈtɪsmʊs/
- [zemiˈtɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Semitismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Semitismus in German?
Semitismus appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).