humanity

[hjuːˈmænətɪ]

/[hjuːˈmænətɪ]/ noun

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The verdict

“humanity” is uncommon German (frequency #60,677 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,677
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Gesamtheit aller Menschen, Menschheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-humanity · humanity · German

humanity · rank #60,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,677
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH horrende

Nearest frequency peer: horrende (-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 „humanity“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for humanity
PropertyValue
Headwordhumanity
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hjuːˈmænətɪ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,677
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „humanity“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).humanityfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „horrende“ (#60,676), „Holzarten“ (#60,675), „Hokkaido“ (#60,674). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „humanity“ bei #60,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

humanity is uncommon German at frequency #60,677 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hjuːˈmænətɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for humanity, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is humanity, spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Gesamtheit aller Menschen, Menschheit
  2. 2
    Menschlichkeit, Humanität
  3. 3
    Geisteswissenschaften

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. How much do you know about the history of humanity?
  2. „Perhaps the most closely followed illness and death in the history of humanity was that of Pope John Paul II.“

Synonyms

mankindhuman race

Antonyms

inhumanity

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 "humanity"?
"humanity" is spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [hjuːˈmænətɪ].
What does "humanity" mean?
As a noun, "humanity" means: die Gesamtheit aller Menschen, Menschheit
How do you pronounce "humanity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humanity" is [hjuːˈmænətɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humanity" come from?
"humanity" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

horrende#60,676Hokkaido#60,674hinzieht#60,670ideellen#60,685

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list