Volksbewegung

[ˈfɔlksbəˌveːɡʊŋ]

/[ˈfɔlksbəˌveːɡʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Volksbewegung” is uncommon German (frequency #99,295 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,295
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aktivität der Bevölkerung, die ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgt

Corpus desk

Index DE-volksbewegung · Volksbewegung · German

Volksbewegung · rank #99,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,295
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vollkommenes

Nearest frequency peer: vollkommenes (+2 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 „Volksbewegung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Volksbewegung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVolksbewegung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɔlksbəˌveːɡʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#99,295
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Volksbewegung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Volksbewegungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vollkommenes“ (#99,297), „Vierkampf“ (#99,292), „volunteer“ (#99,298). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Volksbewegung“ bei #99,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Volksbewegung is uncommon German at frequency #99,295 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlksbəˌveːɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Volksbewegung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Volksbewegung, spelled V-O-L-K-S-B-E-W-E-G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aktivität der Bevölkerung, die ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgt
  2. 2
    Personengruppe, die [1] zu verwirklichen strebt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Bei den Volksbewegungen in Tunesien, Ägypten oder im Iran im Frühjahr 2011 spielte das Internet eine entscheidende Rolle.“
  2. „Aber er schuf, und das anfangs noch keineswegs ferngesteuert aus Berlin, eine sudetendeutsche Volksbewegung, die 1935 bei freien Wahlen 66 Prozent der Volksgruppe hinter sich brachte.“

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 "Volksbewegung"?
"Volksbewegung" is spelled V-O-L-K-S-B-E-W-E-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔlksbəˌveːɡʊŋ].
What does "Volksbewegung" mean?
As a noun, "Volksbewegung" means: Aktivität der Bevölkerung, die ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgt
How do you pronounce "Volksbewegung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Volksbewegung" is [ˈfɔlksbəˌveːɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Volksbewegung" come from?
"Volksbewegung" 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 "Volksbewegung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verstümmelten#99,284wechselhaften#99,323unvermeidbare#99,242wohlwollender#99,349

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list