Gravitas
German, noun/ˈɡʁaːvitas/
Gravitas is spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-A-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gravitas is a German feminine noun meaning “seriousness, gravitas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft einer Entscheidung, einer dramatischen Wendung oder Entwicklung von sehr großer Wichtigkeit…”.
What does Gravitas mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseriousness, gravitas
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Eigenschaft einer Entscheidung, einer dramatischen Wendung oder Entwicklung von sehr großer Wichtigkeit zu sein
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 Gravitas?
- /ˈɡʁaːvitas/
- [ˈɡʁaːvitas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gravitas in German?
Gravitas appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).