Anständigkeit
German, noun[ˈanʃtɛndɪçˌkaɪ̯t]
Anständigkeit is spelled A-N-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anständigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “decency, respectability, honesty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Synonym für Anstand¹”.
What does Anständigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecency, respectability, honesty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonym für Anstand¹
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Anständigkeit?
- [ˈanʃtɛndɪçˌkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈanʃtɛndɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈanʃtɛndɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anständigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anständigkeit in German?
Anständigkeit appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).