Zynismus
German, noun/t͡syːˈnɪsmʊs/
Zynismus is spelled Z-Y-N-I-S-M-U-S (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zynismus is a German masculine noun meaning “cynicism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geisteshaltung, bei der durch verletzende Bemerkungen die Wertvorstellungen anderer geringgeschätzt werden”.
What does Zynismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecynicism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geisteshaltung, bei der durch verletzende Bemerkungen die Wertvorstellungen anderer geringgeschätzt werden 2. eine zynische Bemerkung 3. Weltanschauung der Kyniker
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 Zynismus
- Cynismus alternative obsolete
- Zynismen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zynismus?
- /t͡syːˈnɪsmʊs/
- [t͡syˈnɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zynismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zynismus in German?
Zynismus appears 2.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).