Utilitarismus
[ˌutilitaˈʁɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Utilitarismus” is uncommon German (frequency #87,196 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,196
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - moralunabhängige Position, die eine Handlung danach bewertet, ob sie im Vergleich mit anderen Handlungsalternativen die größte Anzahl positiver Werte hervorbringt
Corpus desk
Index DE-utilitarismus · Utilitarismus · German
Utilitarismus · rank #87,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,196
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Valois
Nearest frequency peer: Valois (+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 „Utilitarismus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unüberhörbar
unüberhörbar
12,810 corpus weight
- Ursprungsort
Ursprungsort
12,807 corpus weight
- Utilitarism…
Utilitarismus
12,805 corpus weight
- Valois
Valois
12,804 corpus weight
- Vanadium
Vanadium
12,803 corpus weight
- vehementer
vehementer
12,801 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Utilitarismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Utilitarismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌutilitaˈʁɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #87,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Utilitarismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Utilitarismus is uncommon German at frequency #87,196 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌutilitaˈʁɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "moralunabhängige Position, die eine Handlung danach bewertet, ob sie im Vergleich mit anderen Handlungsalternativen die größte Anzahl positiver Werte hervorbringt".
Utilitarismus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Utilitarismus, spelled U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1moralunabhängige Position, die eine Handlung danach bewertet, ob sie im Vergleich mit anderen Handlungsalternativen die größte Anzahl positiver Werte hervorbringt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Utilitarismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine erste Form des Utilitarismus findet sich bei dem chinesischen Philosophen Mozi.
„Der Modernisierungseifer speiste sich auch aus dem Utilitarismus, einer speziell britischen Ausprägung der Aufklärung.“
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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