Animosität
German, noun/ˌanimoziˈtɛːt/
Animosität is spelled A-N-I-M-O-S-I-T-Ä-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Animosität is a German feminine noun meaning “animosity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feindselige Einstellung gegen jemanden oder etwas”.
What does Animosität mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanimosity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feindselige Einstellung gegen jemanden oder etwas
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 Animosität
- Animositäten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Animosität?
- /ˌanimoziˈtɛːt/
- /-ˈteːt/
- [ˌanimoziˈtɛːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Animosität
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Animosität in German?
Animosität appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).