Apathie

[apaˈtiː]

/[apaˈtiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Apathie” is uncommon German (frequency #55,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,941
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilnahmslosigkeit, Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber Umgebung

Corpus desk

Index DE-apathie · Apathie · German

Apathie · rank #55,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,941
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Apachen

Nearest frequency peer: Apachen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Apathie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Apathie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Apathie
PropertyValue
HeadwordApathie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[apaˈtiː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Apathie“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Apathiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Apachen“ (#55,940), „Aprikosen“ (#55,942), „anschnallen“ (#55,939). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Apathie“ bei #55,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Apathie is uncommon German at frequency #55,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [apaˈtiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teilnahmslosigkeit, Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber Umgebung".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Apathie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Apathie, spelled A-P-A-T-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teilnahmslosigkeit, Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber Umgebung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Apathie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Man konnte ihn nicht aus seiner Apathie befreien.
  2. „Ihr Profil war von seltener Reinheit, und das Fehlen jeder Spur von Farbe gab ihrem Kopfe, darin Apathie der vorherrschende Zug war, etwas Marmornes.“

Synonyms

PhlegmaIndolenzDesinteresse

This word in other languages

apathy(English)apathie(Français)apatia(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Apathie"?
"Apathie" is spelled A-P-A-T-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [apaˈtiː].
What does "Apathie" mean?
As a noun, "Apathie" means: Teilnahmslosigkeit, Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber Umgebung
How do you pronounce "Apathie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Apathie" is [apaˈtiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Apathie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Apathie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Apachen#55,940Asiatin#55,945bebauen#55,974Beginns#55,978

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list