Mehrdeutigkeit
German, noun[ˈmeːɐ̯ˌdɔɪ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t]
Mehrdeutigkeit is spelled M-E-H-R-D-E-U-T-I-G-K-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mehrdeutigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “ambiguity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Möglichkeit unterschiedlicher Interpretation eines Gegebenen, eines Sachverhalts, einer Lehre oder von…”.
What does Mehrdeutigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineambiguity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Möglichkeit unterschiedlicher Interpretation eines Gegebenen, eines Sachverhalts, einer Lehre oder von sprachlichen Ausdrücken 2. unterschiedliche Interpretationsmöglichkeit speziell von Wörtern oder Sätzen
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 Mehrdeutigkeit
- Mehrdeutigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mehrdeutigkeit?
- [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌdɔɪ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌdɔɪ̯tɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mehrdeutigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mehrdeutigkeit in German?
Mehrdeutigkeit appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).