Nüchternheit
German, noun/ˈnʏçtɐnhaɪ̯t/
Nüchternheit is spelled N-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-H-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nüchternheit is a German feminine noun meaning “sobriety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Zustand eines leeren Magens, weil man eine Zeitlang nichts gegessen und getrunken hat”.
What does Nüchternheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesobriety
- 2
feminineausterity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Zustand eines leeren Magens, weil man eine Zeitlang nichts gegessen und getrunken hat 2. der Zustand ohne Alkohol im Blut 3. rationale Denkweise; Realitätsbewusstsein
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 Nüchternheit?
- /ˈnʏçtɐnhaɪ̯t/
- [ˈnʏçtɐnhaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nüchternheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nüchternheit in German?
Nüchternheit appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).