Terroristin

[tɛʁoˈʁɪstɪn]

/[tɛʁoˈʁɪstɪn]/ noun

The verdict

“Terroristin” is uncommon German (frequency #65,759 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,759
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die mit Hilfe von Gewalt politische Ziele durchzusetzen versucht

Corpus desk

Index DE-terroristin · Terroristin · German

Terroristin · rank #65,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,759
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tennisplätze

Nearest frequency peer: Tennisplätze (-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 „Terroristin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Terroristin
PropertyValue
HeadwordTerroristin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tɛʁoˈʁɪstɪn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Terroristin“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tennisplätze“ (#65,758), „Teufeln“ (#65,760), „Timeout“ (#65,762). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Terroristin“ bei #65,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Terroristin is uncommon German at frequency #65,759 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɛʁoˈʁɪstɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die mit Hilfe von Gewalt politische Ziele durchzusetzen versucht".

Terroristin has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Terroristin, spelled T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die mit Hilfe von Gewalt politische Ziele durchzusetzen versucht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Terroristinnen drohten die Geiseln zu töten, wenn ihre Forderungen nicht erfüllt würden.
  2. „Im Kinofilm über die RAF ist sie die Terroristin Brigitte Mohnhaupt.“

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 "Terroristin"?
"Terroristin" is spelled T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [tɛʁoˈʁɪstɪn].
What does "Terroristin" mean?
As a noun, "Terroristin" means: weibliche Person, die mit Hilfe von Gewalt politische Ziele durchzusetzen versucht
How do you pronounce "Terroristin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Terroristin" is [tɛʁoˈʁɪstɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Terroristin" come from?
"Terroristin" 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 "Terroristin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list