Formalität
German, noun/fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt/
Formalität is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-T-Ä-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formalität is a German feminine noun meaning “formality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “äußere, möglicherweise behördliche Vorschrift”.
What does Formalität mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineformality
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. äußere, möglicherweise behördliche Vorschrift 2. Handlung oder Vorgang mit nur äußerlicher Bedeutung
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 Formalität
- Formalitäten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Formalität?
- /fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt/
- /-ˈteːt/
- [fɔʁmaliˈtɛːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Formalität
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Formalität in German?
Formalität appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).