Fremdheit

[ˈfʁɛmthaɪ̯t]

/[ˈfʁɛmthaɪ̯t]/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“Fremdheit” is uncommon German (frequency #76,792 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,792
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand mangelnder Vertrautheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-fremdheit · Fremdheit · German

Fremdheit · rank #76,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,792
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH freihändig

Nearest frequency peer: freihändig (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fremdheit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fremdheit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fremdheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordFremdheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʁɛmthaɪ̯t]
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,792
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fremdheit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Fremdheitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „freihändig“ (#76,791), „fri“ (#76,793), „Frankenhausen“ (#76,789). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fremdheit“ bei #76,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fremdheit is uncommon German at frequency #76,792 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁɛmthaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand mangelnder Vertrautheit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fremdheit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fremdheit, spelled F-R-E-M-D-H-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zustand mangelnder Vertrautheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Fremdheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Am nächsten Tag schlenderten wir nach allen Richtungen durch die breiten, geraden, ebenen Straßen und genossen den Reiz der Fremdheit einer Stadt von fünfzehntausend Einwohnern, in der keine Herumlungerer zu sehen waren und in der es weder Trunkenbolde oder Rabauken gab.“
  2. „Andererseits bewahren etwa Angloromanismen ihre Fremdheit in erster Linie deshalb, weil sie fremden Wortbildungsmustern folgen (…).“

Synonyms

Unvertrautheit

Antonyms

Vertrautheit

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fremdheit"?
"Fremdheit" is spelled F-R-E-M-D-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁɛmthaɪ̯t].
What does "Fremdheit" mean?
As a noun, "Fremdheit" means: Zustand mangelnder Vertrautheit
How do you pronounce "Fremdheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fremdheit" is [ˈfʁɛmthaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fremdheit" come from?
"Fremdheit" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fremdheit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frührente#76,795fondation#76,784Floristen#76,780gebunkert#76,809

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list