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Gerissenheit

German, noun

Gerissenheit is a German feminine noun meaning “cunning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Gerissenheit mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecunning

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of Gerissenheit

  • Gerissenheiten definite nominative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Gerissenheit?

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

English words that translate to Gerissenheit

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Gerissenheit in German?

Gerissenheit appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.

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