Ätiologie
German, noun/ɛːtioloˈɡiː/
Ätiologie is spelled Ä-T-I-O-L-O-G-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ätiologie is a German feminine noun meaning “aetiology (study of causes or origins)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lehre von den Ursachen”.
What does Ätiologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaetiology (study of causes or origins)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lehre von den Ursachen
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 Ätiologie
- Aitiologie obsolete
- Ätiologien nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ätiologie?
- /ɛːtioloˈɡiː/
- /eːtio-/
- [ɛti̯oloˈɡiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ätiologie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ätiologie in German?
Ätiologie appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).