Doppelmoral
German, noun/ˈdɔpəlmoˌʁaːl/
Doppelmoral is spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-M-O-R-A-L (11 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doppelmoral is a German feminine noun meaning “double standard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Haltung von Personen, bei denen die bekundeten moralischen Vorstellungen im Widerspruch zum tatsächlichen…”.
What does Doppelmoral mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedouble standard
- 2
femininehypocrisy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haltung von Personen, bei denen die bekundeten moralischen Vorstellungen im Widerspruch zum tatsächlichen Verhalten stehen
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 Doppelmoral?
- /ˈdɔpəlmoˌʁaːl/
- [ˈdɔpl̩moˌʁaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Doppelmoral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Doppelmoral in German?
Doppelmoral appears 2.2 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).