Barmherzigkeit
German, noun/baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪçkaɪ̯t/
Barmherzigkeit is spelled B-A-R-M-H-E-R-Z-I-G-K-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barmherzigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “mercy, compassion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft, barmherzig zu sein und/oder zu handeln”.
What does Barmherzigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemercy, compassion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Eigenschaft, barmherzig zu sein und/oder zu handeln
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 Barmherzigkeit?
- /baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Barmherzigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Barmherzigkeit in German?
Barmherzigkeit appears 2.8 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).