Identität
German, noun/iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt/
Identität is spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-T-Ä-T (9 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,122nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Identität is a German feminine noun meaning “sameness, identicalness, identity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eindeutige Unterscheidbarkeit einer Person oder einer Sache von einer anderen”.
What does Identität mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesameness, identicalness, identity
- 2
femininerecurring characteristics that enable recognition, sense of what someone or something is, identity
- 3
feminineAn identification sign or mask behind one which someone hides and may or may not enable recognition, identity
falsche Identität
- 4
feminineunity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eindeutige Unterscheidbarkeit einer Person oder einer Sache von einer anderen 2. allgemeine Gleichheit zwischen zwei Termen, die auch freie Variablen enthalten dürfen
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 Identität
- Identitäten plural
- Id. abbreviation
- Ident. abbreviation
- ≡ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Identität?
- /iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt/
- /iˌdɛntiˈteːt/
- [iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Identität
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Identität in German?
Identität appears 26 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).