Feindlichkeit
German, noun[ˈfaɪ̯ntlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Feindlichkeit is spelled F-E-I-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feindlichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “animosity; hostility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegnerschaft; feindliche Haltung/Gesinnung gegenüber einer anderen Person oder Gruppe”.
What does Feindlichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanimosity; hostility
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gegnerschaft; feindliche Haltung/Gesinnung gegenüber einer anderen Person oder Gruppe 2. Handlung, die feindliche Haltung/Gesinnung zum Ausdruck bringt
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 Feindlichkeit
- Feindlichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Feindlichkeit?
- [ˈfaɪ̯ntlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Feindlichkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Feindlichkeit in German?
Feindlichkeit appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).