Ethnie
German, noun/ɛtˈniː/
Ethnie is spelled E-T-H-N-I-E (6 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ethnie is a German feminine noun meaning “ethnicity, ethnic group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gruppe von Menschen, die sich einer Kultur, Sprache oder Religion zugehörig fühlen”.
What does Ethnie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineethnicity, ethnic group
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gruppe von Menschen, die sich einer Kultur, Sprache oder Religion zugehörig fühlen
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 Ethnie
- Ethnien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ethnie?
- /ɛtˈniː/
- /ˈɛtniə/
- Austria /ˈeːtniː/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ethnie in German?
Ethnie appears 2.4 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).