Bitterkeit
[ˈbɪtɐkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Bitterkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #50,336 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,336
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Plural: Eigenschaft, einen bitteren Geschmack zu haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-bitterkeit · Bitterkeit · German
Bitterkeit · rank #50,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,336
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Biedermeier
Nearest frequency peer: Biedermeier (-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 „Bitterkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bezuschusst
bezuschusst
49,668 corpus weight
- biblischer
biblischer
49,667 corpus weight
- Biedermeier
Biedermeier
49,666 corpus weight
- Bitterkeit
Bitterkeit
49,665 corpus weight
- Blutegel
Blutegel
49,664 corpus weight
- BMBF
BMBF
49,663 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bitterkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bitterkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɪtɐkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bitterkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bitterkeit is uncommon German at frequency #50,336 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪtɐkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bitterkeit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Bitterkeit, spelled B-I-T-T-E-R-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1ohne Plural: Eigenschaft, einen bitteren Geschmack zu haben
- 2Eigenschaft, verbittert zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bitterkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Bitterkeit dieser Schokolade stieß ihn ab.
„Die Stimmung großer Teile der Bevölkerung war inzwischen in Bitterkeit verhärtet.“
Synonyms
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.
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