Kastrationskomplex
German, noun/kastʁaˈt͡si̯oːnskɔmˌplɛks/
Kastrationskomplex is spelled K-A-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N-S-K-O-M-P-L-E-X (18 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written German, the 618,004th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kastrationskomplex is a German masculine noun meaning “castration anxiety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Empfinden der Kastriertheit des Mädchens gegenüber dem männlichen Geschlecht”.
What does Kastrationskomplex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecastration anxiety
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Empfinden der Kastriertheit des Mädchens gegenüber dem männlichen Geschlecht 2. Gesamtheit der Ängste, die von der Vorstellung der Kastration beeinflusst sind
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 Kastrationskomplex
- Kastrationskomplexes genitive
- Kastrationskomplexe plural
- Kastrationskomplexen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kastrationskomplex?
- /kastʁaˈt͡si̯oːnskɔmˌplɛks/
- [kastʁaˈt͡si̯oːnskɔmˌplɛks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kastrationskomplex in German?
Kastrationskomplex appears about once in every 95 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).