Ethnizität
[ɛtnit͡siˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Ethnizität” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,183 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,183
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ethnische Identität (individuell empfundene Zugehörigkeit zu einer Gruppe von Menschen, die durch ihren Glauben an gemeinsame Abstammung und Kultur eine homogene Gruppenidentität bilden)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ethnizität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛtnit͡siˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ethnizität” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ethnizität is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛtnit͡siˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,183 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ethnische Identität (individuell empfundene Zugehörigkeit zu einer Gruppe von Menschen, die durch ihren Glauben an gemeinsame Abstammung und Kultur eine homogene Gruppenidentität bilden)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ethnizität in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ethnizität, spelled E-T-H-N-I-Z-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1ethnische Identität (individuell empfundene Zugehörigkeit zu einer Gruppe von Menschen, die durch ihren Glauben an gemeinsame Abstammung und Kultur eine homogene Gruppenidentität bilden)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ethnizität”
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- The one correct German spelling is E-T-H-N-I-Z-I-T-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛtnit͡siˈtɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.