utilitaristisch
[utilitaˈʁɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“utilitaristisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Utilitarismus betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-utilitaristisch · utilitaristisch · German
utilitaristisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | utilitaristisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [utilitaˈʁɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „utilitaristisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
utilitaristisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [utilitaˈʁɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
utilitaristisch has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is utilitaristisch, spelled U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Utilitarismus betreffend
- 2(ausschließlich) auf den Nutzen ausgerichtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how utilitaristisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch auch Werbewirtschaft und private Unternehmen operieren mit solchen Lebensstilgruppen. Da es dort kühl und utilitaristisch allein um Rendite geht, werden sich die hartgesottenen Manager schon nicht auf nutzlosen semantischen Firlefanz eingelassen haben, so dass man getrost vermuten darf, [..]“
„Die utilitaristische Gleichheit ist eine Art der welfaristischen Gleichheit.“
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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.