Slawismus
[slaˈvɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Slawismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort oder anderes sprachliches Element aus einer der slawischen Sprachen, das in eine andere Sprache entlehnt wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-slawismus · Slawismus · German
Slawismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Slawismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [slaˈvɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Slawismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Slawismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [slaˈvɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort oder anderes sprachliches Element aus einer der slawischen Sprachen, das in eine andere Sprache entlehnt wurde".
Slawismus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Slawismus, spelled S-L-A-W-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Wort oder anderes sprachliches Element aus einer der slawischen Sprachen, das in eine andere Sprache entlehnt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Slawismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Korpus enthält 44 Slawismen.“
„Der überregionalen Verständlichkeit wegen wurden zum Beispiel in jiddischen Büchern, die in Osteuropa verfasst und gedruckt wurden, Slawismen vermieden, obwohl diese schon längst Teil des gesprochenen Ostjiddisch gewesen sein müssen.“
Synonyms
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.