Nebensächlichkeit
German, noun[ˈneːbn̩ˌzɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Nebensächlichkeit is spelled N-E-B-E-N-S-Ä-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebensächlichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “irrelevance, unimportance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das in den Augen des Betrachters nicht so wichtig ist wie vieles andere”.
What does Nebensächlichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirrelevance, unimportance
- 2
femininetriviality
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das in den Augen des Betrachters nicht so wichtig ist wie vieles andere
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 Nebensächlichkeit
- Nebensächlichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nebensächlichkeit?
- [ˈneːbn̩ˌzɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nebensächlichkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nebensächlichkeit in German?
Nebensächlichkeit appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).