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Herzlichkeit

German, noun/ˈhɛʁt͡slɪçkaɪ̯t/

Herzlichkeit is spelled H-E-R-Z-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herzlichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “cordiality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft/Verhalten einer Person gegenüber einer anderen, die in einer besonderen Freundlichkeit…”.

What does Herzlichkeit mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecordiality

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Eigenschaft/Verhalten einer Person gegenüber einer anderen, die in einer besonderen Freundlichkeit, Zugewandtheit und Hilfsbereitschaft besteht

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 Herzlichkeit

  • Herzlichkeiten plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Herzlichkeit?

  • /ˈhɛʁt͡slɪçkaɪ̯t/
  • [ˈhɛʁt͡slɪçkaɪ̯t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Herzlichkeit

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Herzlichkeit in German?

Herzlichkeit appears 1.0 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).

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