humanitär

[humaniˈtɛːɐ̯]

/[humaniˈtɛːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“humanitär” is uncommon German (frequency #98,607 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,607
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menschenfreundlich, wohltätig, mildtätig

Corpus desk

Index DE-humanitar · humanitär · German

humanitär · rank #98,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,607
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hufnagel

Nearest frequency peer: Hufnagel (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „humanitär“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „humanitär“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for humanitär
PropertyValue
Headwordhumanitär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[humaniˈtɛːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,607
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „humanitär“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).humanitärfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hufnagel“ (#98,606), „huste“ (#98,608), „Hypophyse“ (#98,609). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „humanitär“ bei #98,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

humanitär is uncommon German at frequency #98,607 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [humaniˈtɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for humanitär in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is humanitär, spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Ä-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    menschenfreundlich, wohltätig, mildtätig
  2. 2
    auf die Not von Menschen bezogen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how humanitär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der humanitären Hilfe kommt in den nächsten Jahren zunehmende Bedeutung zu. (Zitat von Frank-Walter Steinmeier)
  2. „UN-Hilfsorganisationen üben scharfe Kritik am jüngsten Vorgehen der israelischen Armee im Gazastreifen und der sich dort verschärfenden humanitären Lage.“

This word in other languages

humanitarian(English)humanitario(Español)humanitaire(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humanitär"?
"humanitär" is spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [humaniˈtɛːɐ̯].
What does "humanitär" mean?
As an adjective, "humanitär" means: menschenfreundlich, wohltätig, mildtätig
How do you pronounce "humanitär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humanitär" is [humaniˈtɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humanitär" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humanitär", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hypophyse#98,609Honigmann#98,602Heulsusen#98,587heulenden#98,586

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list