Empathie
German, noun[ɛmpaˈtiː]
Empathie is spelled E-M-P-A-T-H-I-E (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empathie is a German feminine noun meaning “empathy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit, sich in die Gefühle anderer Menschen hineinzuversetzen”.
What does Empathie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineempathy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit, sich in die Gefühle anderer Menschen hineinzuversetzen
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 Empathie
- Empathien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Empathie?
- [ɛmpaˈtiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Empathie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Empathie in German?
Empathie appears 4.0 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).