Geringschätzung
German, noun[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sʊŋ]
Geringschätzung is spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-U-N-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geringschätzung is a German feminine noun meaning “contemptuousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einstellung, einer Person oder einem Sachverhalt wenig Bedeutung und/oder Respekt beizumessen”.
What does Geringschätzung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontemptuousness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einstellung, einer Person oder einem Sachverhalt wenig Bedeutung und/oder Respekt beizumessen
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 Geringschätzung
- Geringschätzungen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geringschätzung?
- [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Geringschätzung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Geringschätzung in German?
Geringschätzung appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).