Halsstarrigkeit
German, noun/ˈhalsˌʃtaʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
Halsstarrigkeit is spelled H-A-L-S-S-T-A-R-R-I-G-K-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halsstarrigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “stubbornness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Haltung, die sich durch das eigensinnige Beharren auf zum Beispiel der eigenen Überzeugung auszeichnet”.
What does Halsstarrigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestubbornness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haltung, die sich durch das eigensinnige Beharren auf zum Beispiel der eigenen Überzeugung auszeichnet
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 Halsstarrigkeit?
- /ˈhalsˌʃtaʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈhalsʃtaʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈhalsʃtaʁɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Halsstarrigkeit in German?
Halsstarrigkeit appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).