Volksetymologie
German, noun[ˈfɔlksʔetymoloˌɡiː]
Volksetymologie is spelled V-O-L-K-S-E-T-Y-M-O-L-O-G-I-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volksetymologie is a German feminine noun meaning “folk etymology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Volksetymologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefolk etymology
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. semantische Umdeutung eines entlehnten oder veralteten Ausdrucks (Remotivation/Remotivierung), der, durch Unkenntnis seiner etymologischen Herkunft (Etymologie), zumeist durch lautliche Ähnlichkeit bedingt ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Volksetymologie
- Volksetymologien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Volksetymologie?
- [ˈfɔlksʔetymoloˌɡiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Volksetymologie in German?
Volksetymologie appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).