weltanschaulich

[ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]

/[ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“weltanschaulich” is uncommon German (frequency #79,940 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,940
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend

Corpus desk

Index DE-weltanschaulich · weltanschaulich · German

weltanschaulich · rank #79,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,940
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wellengang

Nearest frequency peer: Wellengang (-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 „weltanschaulich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for weltanschaulich
PropertyValue
Headwordweltanschaulich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]
Letters15
Frequency rank#79,940
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „weltanschaulich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wellengang“ (#79,938), „Weltranglisten“ (#79,942), „Weitwinkel“ (#79,937). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „weltanschaulich“ bei #79,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

weltanschaulich is uncommon German at frequency #79,940 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend".

weltanschaulich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is weltanschaulich, spelled W-E-L-T-A-N-S-C-H-A-U-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Freiheit des Glaubens, des Gewissens und die Freiheit des religiösen und weltanschaulichen Bekenntnisses sind unverletzlich.
  2. „Während die Keltenideologie die keltische Geschichte und Kultur selektiv auf Basis nationaler, politischer oder weltanschaulicher Vorstellungen und nationaler Identität auslegt, tendiert die Keltenromantik eher zu einer unpolitisch-neutralen, esoterisch-religiösen Begeisterung für keltische Geschichte und Kultur.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "weltanschaulich"?
"weltanschaulich" is spelled W-E-L-T-A-N-S-C-H-A-U-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç].
What does "weltanschaulich" mean?
As an adjective, "weltanschaulich" means: hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend
How do you pronounce "weltanschaulich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weltanschaulich" is [ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "weltanschaulich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list