Weltgeist
German, noun/ˈvɛltˌɡaɪ̯st/
Weltgeist is spelled W-E-L-T-G-E-I-S-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weltgeist is a German masculine noun meaning “world spirit; world soul” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Weltgeschichte lenkender Geist”.
What does Weltgeist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineworld spirit; world soul
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Weltgeschichte lenkender Geist
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 Weltgeist
- Weltgeistes genitive
- Weltgeists genitive
- Weltgeiste dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weltgeist?
- /ˈvɛltˌɡaɪ̯st/
- [ˈvɛltˌɡaɪ̯st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weltgeist in German?
Weltgeist appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).