Zentralismus
[t͡sɛntʁaˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Zentralismus” is uncommon German (frequency #83,551 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,551
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - politisches System, bei dem alle wichtigen Entscheidungen in einem Zentrum, in der Regel in der Hauptstadt, gefällt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zentralismus · Zentralismus · German
Zentralismus · rank #83,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,551
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zentrifuge
Nearest frequency peer: Zentrifuge (+1 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 „Zentralismus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zehntes
zehntes
16,453 corpus weight
- zeigenden
zeigenden
16,452 corpus weight
- Zentralismus
Zentralismus
16,450 corpus weight
- Zentrifuge
Zentrifuge
16,449 corpus weight
- zephyr
zephyr
16,448 corpus weight
- zersplitter…
zersplitterte
16,447 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zentralismus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zentralismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɛntʁaˈlɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zentralismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zentralismus is uncommon German at frequency #83,551 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɛntʁaˈlɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "politisches System, bei dem alle wichtigen Entscheidungen in einem Zentrum, in der Regel in der Hauptstadt, gefällt werden".
Zentralismus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zentralismus, spelled Z-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1politisches System, bei dem alle wichtigen Entscheidungen in einem Zentrum, in der Regel in der Hauptstadt, gefällt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zentralismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den Föderalismus hatte er durch Zentralismus ersetzt, mit einem mächtigen Präsidenten an der Spitze.“
Antonyms
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.
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