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Gedankenfreiheit

German[ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̩ˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t]

Gedankenfreiheit is a German noun. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freiheit, zu denken was man möchte, insbesondere in Fragen der Weltanschauung und Politik”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Freiheit, zu denken was man möchte, insbesondere in Fragen der Weltanschauung und Politik

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce Gedankenfreiheit?

  • [ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̩ˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Gedankenfreiheit in German?

Gedankenfreiheit appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).