Geistesgegenwart
German, noun/ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌɡeːɡn̩vaʁt/
Geistesgegenwart is spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-G-E-G-E-N-W-A-R-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geistesgegenwart is a German feminine noun meaning “presence of mind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit zu einer zügigen, angemessenen Reaktion in einer bestimmten Situation”.
What does Geistesgegenwart mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepresence of mind
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit zu einer zügigen, angemessenen Reaktion in einer bestimmten Situation
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 Geistesgegenwart?
- /ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌɡeːɡn̩vaʁt/
- [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌɡeːɡn̩vaʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Geistesgegenwart in German?
Geistesgegenwart appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).