Entität

/[ɛntiˈtɛːt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#58,722

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Entität is aGermannoun. It means: etwas, das ist; irgendein Seiendes; ein konkreter oder abstrakter Gegenstand (Oberbegriff für Dinge, Eigenschaften, Relationen, Sachverhalte und so weiter) Pronounced [ɛntiˈtɛːt].

Key facts for Entität
PropertyValue
HeadwordEntität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛntiˈtɛːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,722
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Entität in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Entität is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntiˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,722 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Entität in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Entität, spelled E-N-T-I-T-Ä-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas, das ist; irgendein Seiendes; ein konkreter oder abstrakter Gegenstand (Oberbegriff für Dinge, Eigenschaften, Relationen, Sachverhalte und so weiter)
  2. 2
    die Wesenheit, der Seinscharakter; ein für das Dasein eines Gegenstandes und seiner Identität notwendiges Element
  3. 3
    eine beliebige Größe, Einheit oder Eigenschaft
  4. 4
    Umschreibung eines Teilstaats oder einer Bevölkerungsgruppe, teilweise in abwertender Absicht
  5. 5
    ein eindeutig zu bestimmendes Objekt, über das Informationen gespeichert oder verarbeitet werden sollen

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #58,722 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Entität"?
"Entität" is spelled E-N-T-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntiˈtɛːt].
What does "Entität" mean?
As a noun, "Entität" means: etwas, das ist; irgendein Seiendes; ein konkreter oder abstrakter Gegenstand (Oberbegriff für Dinge, Eigenschaften, Relationen, Sachverhalte und so weiter)
How do you pronounce "Entität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Entität" is [ɛntiˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Entität" come from?
"Entität" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.