egalitär

[ˌeɡaliˈtɛːɐ̯]

/[ˌeɡaliˈtɛːɐ̯]/ adj

The verdict

“egalitär” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Gleichheit gerichtet, soziale Gleichheit anstrebend

Corpus desk

Index DE-egalitar · egalitär · German

egalitär · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" 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.

Key facts for egalitär
PropertyValue
Headwordegalitär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌeɡaliˈtɛːɐ̯]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „egalitär“ im Deutschen

egalitärschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

egalitär is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌeɡaliˈtɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf Gleichheit gerichtet, soziale Gleichheit anstrebend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for egalitär, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is egalitär, spelled E-G-A-L-I-T-Ä-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf Gleichheit gerichtet, soziale Gleichheit anstrebend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In manchen politischen Strömungen herrschen egalitäre Bestrebungen.
  2. „Selbst in den egalitärsten Gesellschaften beeinflussen Alter und Geschlecht - Kriterien, die selbst kaum verändert werden können - die kulturellen Interpretationen und die Rollen, Positionen und Lebensläufe der Personen.“

Synonyms

gleichgerichtetgleichmachend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egalitär"?
"egalitär" is spelled E-G-A-L-I-T-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌeɡaliˈtɛːɐ̯].
What does "egalitär" mean?
As an adjective, "egalitär" means: auf Gleichheit gerichtet, soziale Gleichheit anstrebend
How do you pronounce "egalitär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "egalitär" is [ˌeɡaliˈtɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "egalitär" come from?
"egalitär" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list