Empfindlichkeit
German, noun[ɛmˈp͡fɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Empfindlichkeit is spelled E-M-P-F-I-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empfindlichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “sensitivity, sensibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, leicht von etwas negativ oder positiv berührt zu werden”.
What does Empfindlichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesensitivity, sensibility
- 2
femininespeed (of film)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, leicht von etwas negativ oder positiv berührt zu werden 2. Eigenschaft, leicht Schmerzen/Unwohlsein zu fühlen 3. Reaktionsfähigkeit eines technischen (Mess-)Geräts
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 Empfindlichkeit
- Empfindlichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Empfindlichkeit?
- [ɛmˈp͡fɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Empfindlichkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Empfindlichkeit in German?
Empfindlichkeit appears 1.5 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).