Ehegattensplitting
German, noun[ˈeːəɡatn̩ˌsplɪtɪŋ]
Ehegattensplitting is spelled E-H-E-G-A-T-T-E-N-S-P-L-I-T-T-I-N-G (18 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehegattensplitting is a German neuter noun meaning “income splitting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Bundesrepublik mögliche Form der gleichmäßigen Verteilung des Familieneinkommens auf beide Ehegatten…”.
What does Ehegattensplitting mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterincome splitting
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in der Bundesrepublik mögliche Form der gleichmäßigen Verteilung des Familieneinkommens auf beide Ehegatten zur Reduzierung der Einkommenssteuer
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 Ehegattensplitting
- Ehegattensplittings genitive
- Ehegatten-Splitting alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ehegattensplitting?
- [ˈeːəɡatn̩ˌsplɪtɪŋ]
- [ˈeːəɡatn̩ˌʃplɪtɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ehegattensplitting in German?
Ehegattensplitting appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).