geltungssüchtig
German, adjective/ˈɡɛltʊŋsˌzʏçtɪç/
geltungssüchtig is spelled G-E-L-T-U-N-G-S-S-Ü-C-H-T-I-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geltungssüchtig is a German adjective meaning “craving recognition or admiration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem übermäßigen oder krankhaften Geltungsbedürfnis”.
What does geltungssüchtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
craving recognition or admiration
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit einem übermäßigen oder krankhaften Geltungsbedürfnis
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 geltungssüchtig
- geltungssüchtiger masculine nominative singular
- am geltungssüchtigsten superlative
- geltungssüchtige feminine nominative singular
- geltungssüchtiges neuter nominative singular
- geltungssüchtigen genitive masculine singular
- geltungssüchtigem dative masculine singular
- der geltungssüchtige definite includes-article masculine
- die geltungssüchtige definite feminine includes-article
- das geltungssüchtige definite includes-article neuter
- die geltungssüchtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des geltungssüchtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der geltungssüchtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem geltungssüchtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geltungssüchtig?
- /ˈɡɛltʊŋsˌzʏçtɪç/
- /-ˌzʏçtɪk/
- [ˈɡɛltʊŋsˌzʏçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is geltungssüchtig in German?
geltungssüchtig appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).