Minderwertigkeitsgefühl
German, noun[ˈmɪndɐveːɐ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌfyːl]
Minderwertigkeitsgefühl is spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-W-E-R-T-I-G-K-E-I-T-S-G-E-F-Ü-H-L (23 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minderwertigkeitsgefühl is a German neuter noun meaning “sense of inferiority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gefühl der Unterlegenheit, geringeren Geltung, des geringeren Wertes, verglichen mit anderen”.
What does Minderwertigkeitsgefühl mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersense of inferiority
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gefühl der Unterlegenheit, geringeren Geltung, des geringeren Wertes, verglichen mit anderen
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 Minderwertigkeitsgefühl
- Minderwertigkeitsgefühls genitive
- Minderwertigkeitsgefühles genitive
- Minderwertigkeitsgefühle plural
- Minderwertigkeitsgefühlen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Minderwertigkeitsgefühl?
- [ˈmɪndɐveːɐ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌfyːl]
- [ˈmɪndɐveːɐ̯tɪkkaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌfyːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Minderwertigkeitsgefühl in German?
Minderwertigkeitsgefühl appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).