Frömmelei
German, noun/fʁœməˈlaɪ̯/
Frömmelei is spelled F-R-Ö-M-M-E-L-E-I (9 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frömmelei is a German feminine noun meaning “piety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überzogene, demonstrativ zur Schau getragene Frömmigkeit”.
What does Frömmelei mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininepiety
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. überzogene, demonstrativ zur Schau getragene Frömmigkeit 2. Äußerung, Handlung, der eine als unangenehm empfundene, übertriebene Frömmigkeit zugrunde liegt
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 Frömmelei
- Frömmeleien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Frömmelei?
- /fʁœməˈlaɪ̯/
- [fʁœməˈlaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Frömmelei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Frömmelei in German?
Frömmelei appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).