Machtlosigkeit
[ˈmaxtloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Machtlosigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #71,598 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,598
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Eigenschaft, keine Macht zu haben; der Zustand machtlos zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-machtlosigkeit · Machtlosigkeit · German
Machtlosigkeit · rank #71,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,598
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Löbau
Nearest frequency peer: Löbau (-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 „Machtlosigkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- looping
looping
28,408 corpus weight
- Lotterien
Lotterien
28,407 corpus weight
- Löbau
Löbau
28,404 corpus weight
- Machtlosigk…
Machtlosigkeit
28,403 corpus weight
- Mahner
Mahner
28,402 corpus weight
- manger
manger
28,401 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Machtlosigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machtlosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaxtloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #71,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Machtlosigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Machtlosigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #71,598 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaxtloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Eigenschaft, keine Macht zu haben; der Zustand machtlos zu sein".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Machtlosigkeit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Machtlosigkeit, spelled M-A-C-H-T-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1die Eigenschaft, keine Macht zu haben; der Zustand machtlos zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Machtlosigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Machtlosigkeit der neuen Behörde lässt an ihrem Sinn zweifeln.
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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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