Gleichgültigkeit
German, noun/ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌɡʏltɪçkaɪ̯t/
Gleichgültigkeit is spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-G-Ü-L-T-I-G-K-E-I-T (16 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gleichgültigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “indifference” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mangel an Interesse, Indifferenz”.
What does Gleichgültigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindifference
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mangel an Interesse, Indifferenz
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 Gleichgültigkeit
- Gleichgültigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gleichgültigkeit?
- /ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌɡʏltɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɡʏltɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɡʏltɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gleichgültigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gleichgültigkeit in German?
Gleichgültigkeit appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).