Magerkeit
German, noun[ˈmaːɡɐkaɪ̯t]
Magerkeit is spelled M-A-G-E-R-K-E-I-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magerkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “leanness, skinniness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, besonders dünn, hager zu sein”.
What does Magerkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleanness, skinniness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, besonders dünn, hager zu sein 2. Eigenschaft, wenig ergiebig/ertragreich zu sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Magerkeit?
- [ˈmaːɡɐkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Magerkeit in German?
Magerkeit appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).