Wirklichkeitssinn
German, noun[ˈvɪʁklɪçkaɪ̯t͡sˌzɪn]
Wirklichkeitssinn is spelled W-I-R-K-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T-S-S-I-N-N (17 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirklichkeitssinn is a German masculine noun meaning “sense of reality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wahrnehmung, Verständnis der Wirklichkeit, von wahren Gegebenheiten”.
What does Wirklichkeitssinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesense of reality
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wahrnehmung, Verständnis der Wirklichkeit, von wahren Gegebenheiten
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 Wirklichkeitssinn
- Wirklichkeitssinnes genitive
- Wirklichkeitssinns genitive
- Wirklichkeitssinne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirklichkeitssinn?
- [ˈvɪʁklɪçkaɪ̯t͡sˌzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wirklichkeitssinn in German?
Wirklichkeitssinn appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).