Erkenntnistheorie
German, noun/ʔɛɐ̯ˈkɛntnɪsteoˌʁiː/
Erkenntnistheorie is spelled E-R-K-E-N-N-T-N-I-S-T-H-E-O-R-I-E (17 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erkenntnistheorie is a German feminine noun meaning “theory of knowledge; epistemology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “derjenige Zweig der Philosophie, der die objektive Geltung menschlichen Erkennens, seine Reichweite und…”.
What does Erkenntnistheorie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetheory of knowledge; epistemology
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. derjenige Zweig der Philosophie, der die objektive Geltung menschlichen Erkennens, seine Reichweite und Grenzen untersucht
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 Erkenntnistheorie?
- /ʔɛɐ̯ˈkɛntnɪsteoˌʁiː/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛntnɪsteoˌʁiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Erkenntnistheorie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erkenntnistheorie in German?
Erkenntnistheorie appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).