Beliebigkeit

[bəˈliːbɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[bəˈliːbɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Beliebigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #63,150 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,150
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Ausdruck für Arbitrarität

Corpus desk

Index DE-beliebigkeit · Beliebigkeit · German

Beliebigkeit · rank #63,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,150
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bekleckert

Nearest frequency peer: bekleckert (-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 „Beliebigkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beliebigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeliebigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈliːbɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,150
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beliebigkeit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Beliebigkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bekleckert“ (#63,149), „Belize“ (#63,151), „beiderseitigen“ (#63,147). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beliebigkeit“ bei #63,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beliebigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #63,150 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈliːbɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Beliebigkeit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Beliebigkeit, spelled B-E-L-I-E-B-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutscher Ausdruck für Arbitrarität
  2. 2
    Unentschiedenheit, Wankelmut, Ziellosigkeit im Hinblick auf verschiedene Möglichkeiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beliebigkeit liegt oft im Verhältnis zwischen der Form und der Bedeutung eines sprachlichen Zeichens vor.
  2. Mit Beliebigkeit ist gemeint, dass zwischen der Form und der Bedeutung eines Zeichens kein Abbildverhältnis besteht. Die Lautform von „Stuhl“ z.B. bildet nicht die Bedeutung dieses Wortes ab.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Beliebigkeit"?
"Beliebigkeit" is spelled B-E-L-I-E-B-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈliːbɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Beliebigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Beliebigkeit" means: deutscher Ausdruck für Arbitrarität
How do you pronounce "Beliebigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beliebigkeit" is [bəˈliːbɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beliebigkeit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list