Vegetarismus

[veɡetaˈʁɪsmʊs]

/[veɡetaˈʁɪsmʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vegetarismus” is uncommon German (frequency #82,277 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,277
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ernährungseinstellung, die einen Verzicht auf Fleisch und Fisch sowie gegebenenfalls weiterer tierischer Produkte bedingt

Corpus desk

Index DE-vegetarismus · Vegetarismus · German

Vegetarismus · rank #82,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,277
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Veganern

Nearest frequency peer: Veganern (-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 „Vegetarismus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vegetarismus
PropertyValue
HeadwordVegetarismus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[veɡetaˈʁɪsmʊs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#82,277
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vegetarismus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Vegetarismusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Veganern“ (#82,276), „VEG“ (#82,275), „verbarrikadiert“ (#82,279). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vegetarismus“ bei #82,277. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vegetarismus is uncommon German at frequency #82,277 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [veɡetaˈʁɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ernährungseinstellung, die einen Verzicht auf Fleisch und Fisch sowie gegebenenfalls weiterer tierischer Produkte bedingt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Vegetarismus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Vegetarismus, spelled V-E-G-E-T-A-R-I-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ernährungseinstellung, die einen Verzicht auf Fleisch und Fisch sowie gegebenenfalls weiterer tierischer Produkte bedingt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In Indien ist Vegetarismus sehr verbreitet.
  2. „Es gab 1974 wesentlich mehr Vegetarier oder dem gelegentlichen Vegetarismus nicht abgeneigte Menschen, als er kannte.“

Antonyms

Karnivorismus

This word in other languages

vegetarianism(English)vegetarianismo(Español)végétarisme(Français)

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 "Vegetarismus"?
"Vegetarismus" is spelled V-E-G-E-T-A-R-I-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [veɡetaˈʁɪsmʊs].
What does "Vegetarismus" mean?
As a noun, "Vegetarismus" means: Ernährungseinstellung, die einen Verzicht auf Fleisch und Fisch sowie gegebenenfalls weiterer tierischer Produkte bedingt
How do you pronounce "Vegetarismus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vegetarismus" is [veɡetaˈʁɪsmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vegetarismus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vegetarismus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verbindendes#82,280unverfälscht#82,266vermittelnde#82,293unterernährt#82,260

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list