Vermenschlichung
[fɛɐ̯ˈmɛnʃlɪçʊŋ]
The verdict
“Vermenschlichung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zusprechen von menschlichen Eigenschaften der Gestalt oder des Verhaltens an Tiere, göttliche Wesen, Naturgewalten oder ähnliche Größen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vermenschlichung · Vermenschlichung · German
Vermenschlichung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | Vermenschlichung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmɛnʃlɪçʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vermenschlichung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vermenschlichung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈmɛnʃlɪçʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zusprechen von menschlichen Eigenschaften der Gestalt oder des Verhaltens an Tiere, göttliche Wesen, Naturgewalten oder ähnliche Größen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Vermenschlichung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vermenschlichung, spelled V-E-R-M-E-N-S-C-H-L-I-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Zusprechen von menschlichen Eigenschaften der Gestalt oder des Verhaltens an Tiere, göttliche Wesen, Naturgewalten oder ähnliche Größen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vermenschlichung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und tatsächlich glaubt man, eine metaphysische Verwunderung in den Augen der Tiere zu sehen, eine Schutzlosigkeit, ein scheues Staunen und manchmal sogar eine seltsame Beschämung angesichts der stur dreinblickenden Kamera. Gewiss, das ist Anthropomorphismus, es ist die unhaltbare Vermenschlichung der Tiere. Andererseits, so scheint Côté sagen zu wollen,…
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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.