Angemessenheit
[ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩haɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Angemessenheit” is uncommon German (frequency #56,752 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,752
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand und/oder Eigenschaft, in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang richtig zu sein, für einen bestimmten Fall genau passend zu sein, einer bestimmten Situation geeignet zu sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angemessenheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩haɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #56,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Angemessenheit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Angemessenheit is uncommon German at frequency #56,752 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩haɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand und/oder Eigenschaft, in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang richtig zu sein, für einen bestimmten Fall genau passend zu sein, einer bestimmten Situation geeignet zu sein".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Angemessenheit in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Angemessenheit, spelled A-N-G-E-M-E-S-S-E-N-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand und/oder Eigenschaft, in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang richtig zu sein, für einen bestimmten Fall genau passend zu sein, einer bestimmten Situation geeignet zu sein
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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Using “Angemessenheit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-G-E-M-E-S-S-E-N-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.