Weltwissen
German, noun/ˈvɛltˌvɪsn̩/
Weltwissen is spelled W-E-L-T-W-I-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weltwissen is a German neuter noun meaning “knowledge about the world” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das gemeinsame Wissen aller Menschen”.
What does Weltwissen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterknowledge about the world
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das gemeinsame Wissen aller Menschen 2. das Wissen von der Welt
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 Weltwissen
- Weltwissens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weltwissen?
- /ˈvɛltˌvɪsn̩/
- [ˈvɛltˌvɪsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weltwissen in German?
Weltwissen 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).