autoritär
German, adjective/aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːɐ̯/
autoritär is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-Ä-R (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autoritär is a German adjective meaning “authoritarian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf gewaltsamer Autorität beruhend”.
What does autoritär mean in English?
adjective
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authoritarian
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf gewaltsamer Autorität beruhend 2. unbedingten Gehorsam fordernd 3. mit unumschränkter Autorität ausgestattet und so herrschend/agierend
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 autoritär
- autoritärer masculine nominative singular
- am autoritärsten superlative
- autoritäre feminine nominative singular
- autoritäres neuter nominative singular
- autoritären genitive masculine singular
- autoritärem dative masculine singular
- der autoritäre definite includes-article masculine
- die autoritäre definite feminine includes-article
- das autoritäre definite includes-article neuter
- die autoritären definite includes-article nominative
- des autoritären definite genitive includes-article
- der autoritären definite feminine genitive
- dem autoritären dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autoritär?
- /aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːɐ̯/
- /-ˈteːɐ̯/
- [aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autoritär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autoritär in German?
autoritär appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).