Gutgläubigkeit
German, noun[ˈɡuːtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪçkaɪ̯t]
Gutgläubigkeit is spelled G-U-T-G-L-Ä-U-B-I-G-K-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gutgläubigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “gullibility, credulity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft, bei anderen von Aufrichtigkeit und guten Absichten auszugehen; unvoreingenommen Glauben zu…”.
What does Gutgläubigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegullibility, credulity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Eigenschaft, bei anderen von Aufrichtigkeit und guten Absichten auszugehen; unvoreingenommen Glauben zu schenken;
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 Gutgläubigkeit?
- [ˈɡuːtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈɡuːtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪkkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈɡuːtɡlɔɪ̯bɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gutgläubigkeit in German?
Gutgläubigkeit appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).