Modalität
[modaliˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Modalität” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bedingungen, Voraussetzungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-modalitat · Modalität · German
Modalität · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Modalität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [modaliˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Modalität“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Modalität is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [modaliˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Modalität has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Modalität, spelled M-O-D-A-L-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1Bedingungen, Voraussetzungen
- 2die Art und Weise einer Sache in Bezug auf vordefinierte Gesichtspunkte
- 3Ausdruck der Perspektive des Sprechers/Schreibers auf das in einer Äußerung Gesagte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Modalität appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zunächst müssen die Modalitäten geklärt werden.
Psychologie-Fachgebärdenlexikon: Modalität [Internetbeleg]
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.