Eifersucht
German, noun/ˈʔaɪ̯fɐzʊxt/
Eifersucht is spelled E-I-F-E-R-S-U-C-H-T (10 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eifersucht is a German feminine noun meaning “jealousy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “krankhafter Neid, meist ausgelöst durch tatsächliche oder scheinbare Bevorzugung anderer”.
What does Eifersucht mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejealousy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. krankhafter Neid, meist ausgelöst durch tatsächliche oder scheinbare Bevorzugung anderer
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 Eifersucht?
- /ˈʔaɪ̯fɐzʊxt/
- [ˈaɪ̯fɐˌzʊxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Eifersucht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Eifersucht in German?
Eifersucht appears 5.0 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).