Alternativlosigkeit
[altɛʁnaˈtiːfˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Alternativlosigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mangel an Alternativen, alternativloser Zustand
Corpus desk
Index DE-alternativlosigkeit · Alternativlosigkeit · German
Alternativlosigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alternativlosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [altɛʁnaˈtiːfˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alternativlosigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alternativlosigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [altɛʁnaˈtiːfˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mangel an Alternativen, alternativloser Zustand".
No misspelling variants are generated for Alternativlosigkeit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Alternativlosigkeit, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Mangel an Alternativen, alternativloser Zustand
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alternativlosigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Verwoerds Politik der Alternativlosigkeit nahm der afrikaanse Bevölkerung nicht ihre Ängste, sondern schürte sie sogar.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.