Gewissenhaftigkeit
German, noun[ɡəˈvɪsənhaftɪçkaɪ̯t]
Gewissenhaftigkeit is spelled G-E-W-I-S-S-E-N-H-A-F-T-I-G-K-E-I-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewissenhaftigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “conscientiousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft von einer Person, mit großer Genauigkeit, Sorgfalt und Pünktlichkeit vorzugehen”.
What does Gewissenhaftigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconscientiousness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Eigenschaft von einer Person, mit großer Genauigkeit, Sorgfalt und Pünktlichkeit vorzugehen
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 Gewissenhaftigkeit?
- [ɡəˈvɪsənhaftɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ɡəˈvɪsənhaftɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gewissenhaftigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gewissenhaftigkeit in German?
Gewissenhaftigkeit 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).