Dreistheit
[ˈdʁaɪ̯sthaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Dreistheit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tat oder eine Äußerung, die nicht von ausreichendem Respekt gegenüber dem anderen geprägt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreistheit · Dreistheit · German
Dreistheit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dreistheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯sthaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dreistheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dreistheit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaɪ̯sthaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dreistheit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dreistheit, spelled D-R-E-I-S-T-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Tat oder eine Äußerung, die nicht von ausreichendem Respekt gegenüber dem anderen geprägt ist
- 2Eigenschaft, respektlos/dreist zu sein beziehungsweise die Neigung zu solchem Verhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dreistheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So eine Dreistheit habe ich noch nie erlebt!
„So eine Dreistheit, die schämen sich nicht einmal, das musst du dir mal überlegen?“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.