Enthaltsamkeit
German, noun[ɛntˈhaltzaːmkaɪ̯t]
Enthaltsamkeit is spelled E-N-T-H-A-L-T-S-A-M-K-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enthaltsamkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “abstinence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verzicht auf etwas Angenehmes”.
What does Enthaltsamkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabstinence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verzicht auf etwas Angenehmes 2. Verzicht auf das Ausleben der Sexualität
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 Enthaltsamkeit?
- [ɛntˈhaltzaːmkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Enthaltsamkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Enthaltsamkeit in German?
Enthaltsamkeit appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).