Banalität

[ˌbanaliˈtɛːt]

/[ˌbanaliˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Banalität” is uncommon German (frequency #61,323 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,323
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Alltäglichkeit, die Selbstverständlichkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-banalitat · Banalität · German

Banalität · rank #61,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,323
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Barden

Nearest frequency peer: Barden (+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 „Banalität“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Banalität
PropertyValue
HeadwordBanalität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌbanaliˈtɛːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,323
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Banalität“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Banalitätfällt 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: „Barden“ (#61,324), „balla“ (#61,321), „badge“ (#61,320). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Banalität“ bei #61,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Banalität is uncommon German at frequency #61,323 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌbanaliˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Banalität in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Banalität, spelled B-A-N-A-L-I-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Alltäglichkeit, die Selbstverständlichkeit
  2. 2
    das leere, inhaltslose Gerede, die oberflächliche Aussage

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Auch aus der Perspektive späterer Jahre paßt Heines Erinnerung genau zu der scheinbaren Banalität der Harzreise, zu Makkaroni und Lord Byron.“
  2. „Poesie ist eine Lebenshaltung, die sich der Aufgabe verschrieben hat, die Phantasie vor der Banalität und der bleiernen Schwere der faktischen Verhältnisse zu bewahren.“

Synonyms

PlattheitSelbstverständlichkeitTrivialitätAlltäglichkeitleeresGeredePlattitüdeOberflächlichkeit

This word in other languages

banality(English)banalité(Français)banalidade(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 "Banalität"?
"Banalität" is spelled B-A-N-A-L-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌbanaliˈtɛːt].
What does "Banalität" mean?
As a noun, "Banalität" means: die Alltäglichkeit, die Selbstverständlichkeit
How do you pronounce "Banalität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Banalität" is [ˌbanaliˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Banalität" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beheizten#61,337Ausbeuter#61,305Benutzers#61,342bestimmst#61,351

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list