Kleptomanie
German, noun/ˌklɛptomaˈniː/
Kleptomanie is spelled K-L-E-P-T-O-M-A-N-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleptomanie is a German feminine noun meaning “kleptomania (proclivity to steal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “innerer Zwang, der jemand dazu bringt, immer wieder zu stehlen”.
What does Kleptomanie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekleptomania (proclivity to steal)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. innerer Zwang, der jemand dazu bringt, immer wieder zu stehlen
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 Kleptomanie
- Kleptomanien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kleptomanie?
- /ˌklɛptomaˈniː/
- [ˌklɛptomaˈniː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kleptomanie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kleptomanie in German?
Kleptomanie appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).