Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nihilartikel

/ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪlˌɑɹt.ɪkl̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ni-hil-art-i-kel
IPA: /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪlˌɑɹt.ɪkl̩/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deliberately fictitious entry in an encyclopedia or academic work, generally identifiable as false, usually included to brand the intellectual property so copies can be identified.

Example Sentences

"2005 May 1, Eve Maler, “The Language Log”, Pushing String, at www.xmlgrrl.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061111100505/http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/archives/2005/05/01/the-language-log/ The post never does find the word it’s looking for, but it eventually alights on a discussion of the Nihilartikel, a fake dictionary or encyclopedia entry created for playful or copyright-trap reasons."
"A nihilartikel was once inserted into Wikipedia that lasted for five months."
"There are also fake entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias, known as nihilartikels, which serve the same purpose."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nihilartikel, apparently coined as a hoax in the German-language Wikipedia in 2003 and later picked up by the English Wikipedia, from where it spread to blogs, books, etc., which are now used again as references for these sites, leading to a form of citogenesis.

Inflected Forms

nihilartikels (plural)

Phrases

trap street

Frequently Paired Words

trap street

Synonyms

Mountweazel

Questions

How do you pronounce nihilartikel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪlˌɑɹt.ɪkl̩/.
What does nihilartikel mean?: A deliberately fictitious entry in an encyclopedia or academic work, generally identifiable as false, usually included to brand the intellectual property so copies can be identified.
Where does nihilartikel come from?: Borrowed from German Nihilartikel, apparently coined as a hoax in the German-language Wikipedia in 2003 and later picked up by the English Wikipedia, from where it spread to blogs, books, etc., which are now used again as references for these sites, leading to a form of citogenesis.

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