Sozialtourismus
German, noun/zoˈt͡si̯aːlturɪsmʊs/
Sozialtourismus is spelled S-O-Z-I-A-L-T-O-U-R-I-S-M-U-S (15 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sozialtourismus is a German masculine noun meaning “benefit tourism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Bemühen, Urlaubsreisen auch für einkommensschwache Schichten zu ermöglichen”.
What does Sozialtourismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebenefit tourism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Bemühen, Urlaubsreisen auch für einkommensschwache Schichten zu ermöglichen 2. Einwanderung, die nur dazu dient, im Zielland Sozialleistungen zu erhalten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Sozialtourismus?
- /zoˈt͡si̯aːlturɪsmʊs/
- [zoˈt͡si̯aːltuˌʁɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sozialtourismus in German?
Sozialtourismus appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).