Identitätskrise
[idɛntiˈtɛːt͡sˌkʁiːzə]
The verdict
“Identitätskrise” is uncommon German (frequency #79,315 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,315
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Krise, verursacht durch ein unsicheres Selbstbild
Corpus desk
Index DE-identitatskrise · Identitätskrise · German
Identitätskrise · rank #79,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,315
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH identisches
Nearest frequency peer: identisches (-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 „Identitätskrise“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hölzerner
hölzerner
20,690 corpus weight
- Hörspielen
Hörspielen
20,689 corpus weight
- Hünfeld
Hünfeld
20,688 corpus weight
- identisches
identisches
20,687 corpus weight
- Identitätsk…
Identitätskrise
20,686 corpus weight
- illegitim
illegitim
20,682 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Identitätskrise“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Identitätskrise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [idɛntiˈtɛːt͡sˌkʁiːzə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #79,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Identitätskrise“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Identitätskrise is uncommon German at frequency #79,315 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [idɛntiˈtɛːt͡sˌkʁiːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Krise, verursacht durch ein unsicheres Selbstbild".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Identitätskrise, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Identitätskrise, spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-T-Ä-T-S-K-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Krise, verursacht durch ein unsicheres Selbstbild
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Identitätskrise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Oft werde ich gefragt, ob ich als Deutsch-Türke unter einer Identitätskrise leide.“
„Die Abspaltung Bangladeschs verursachte fünfundzwanzig Jahre nach der Staatsgründung nicht nur eine tiefgreifende nationale Identitätskrise; sie hatte überdies gewaltige ökonomische Einbußen zur Folge, da mit Bangladesch der wichtigste Konsumentenmarkt und auch eine bedeutende Quelle für Gütereinfuhren in den ehemaligen Westteil des Landes wegbrachen.“
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.
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