Surrealismus
[zʊʁeaˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Surrealismus” is uncommon German (frequency #54,125 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,125
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts, die sich vom psychoanalytischen Begriff des Unbewussten inspirieren ließ
Corpus desk
Index DE-surrealismus · Surrealismus · German
Surrealismus · rank #54,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,125
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sujets
Nearest frequency peer: Sujets (-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 „Surrealismus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Strümpfen
Strümpfen
45,880 corpus weight
- Studienreise
Studienreise
45,879 corpus weight
- Sujets
Sujets
45,877 corpus weight
- Surrealismus
Surrealismus
45,876 corpus weight
- Syke
Syke
45,874 corpus weight
- Syndroms
Syndroms
45,873 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Surrealismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Surrealismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zʊʁeaˈlɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Surrealismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Surrealismus is uncommon German at frequency #54,125 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zʊʁeaˈlɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts, die sich vom psychoanalytischen Begriff des Unbewussten inspirieren ließ".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Surrealismus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Surrealismus, spelled S-U-R-R-E-A-L-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts, die sich vom psychoanalytischen Begriff des Unbewussten inspirieren ließ
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Surrealismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach reiflicher Überlegung halte ich es nämlich für klüger, die Sache Surrealismus statt Surnaturalismus zu nennen, wie ich das bisher tat; denn Surrealismus kommt noch nicht in den Wörterbüchern vor, sodass man damit freier umgehen kann, als mit dem von den Philosophen schon vorbelasteten Begriff Surnaturalismus.“
„Mit dem Surrealismus der bildenden Kunst und Literatur hat der surrealistische Witz nicht allzuviel zu tun.“
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.
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