Gehässigkeit
German, noun[ɡəˈhɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]
Gehässigkeit is spelled G-E-H-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gehässigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “spite, spitefulness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “boshaftes Verhalten”.
What does Gehässigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespite, spitefulness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. boshaftes Verhalten
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 Gehässigkeit
- Gehässigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gehässigkeit?
- [ɡəˈhɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ɡəˈhɛsɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gehässigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gehässigkeit in German?
Gehässigkeit 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).