Dunkelheit
German, noun/ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t/
Dunkelheit is spelled D-U-N-K-E-L-H-E-I-T (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dunkelheit is a German feminine noun meaning “darkness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein dunkler, lichtarmer Zustand oder Ort”.
What does Dunkelheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedarkness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein dunkler, lichtarmer Zustand oder Ort 2. düsterer, unheimlicher, unklarer Zustand 3. fehlende Klarheit, Verständlichkeit (vor allem von Formulierungen)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dunkelheit
- Dunkelheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dunkelheit?
- /ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t/
- [ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dunkelheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dunkelheit in German?
Dunkelheit appears 13 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).