Andacht
German, noun[ˈanˌdaxt]
Andacht is spelled A-N-D-A-C-H-T (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andacht is a German feminine noun meaning “devotion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “starke innere Gesammeltheit, Versunkenheit in eine Sache”.
What does Andacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedevotion
- 2
femininedevotion, devotions, devotional prayer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. starke innere Gesammeltheit, Versunkenheit in eine Sache 2. Gesammeltheit zur Aufnahme geistlicher, heiliger Inhalte 3. Feier, bei der Andacht geübt wird; kleiner Gottesdienst
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 Andacht
- Andachten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Andacht?
- [ˈanˌdaxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Andacht in German?
Andacht appears 2.2 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).