Eigentümlichkeit
German, noun/ˈaɪɡn̩tyːmlɪçkaɪ̯t/
Eigentümlichkeit is spelled E-I-G-E-N-T-Ü-M-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eigentümlichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “peculiarity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das vom Gewöhnlichen abweicht”.
What does Eigentümlichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepeculiarity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das vom Gewöhnlichen abweicht
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 Eigentümlichkeit
- Eigentümlichkeiten plural
- Eigenthümlichkeit alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eigentümlichkeit?
- /ˈaɪɡn̩tyːmlɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌtyːmlɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [aɪ̯ɡn̩ˈtyːmlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Eigentümlichkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Eigentümlichkeit in German?
Eigentümlichkeit appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).