Offenheit
German, noun[ˈɔfn̩haɪ̯t]
Offenheit is spelled O-F-F-E-N-H-E-I-T (9 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offenheit is a German feminine noun meaning “openness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft, sich unbefangen und bereitwillig mit jemandem oder etwas auseinanderzusetzen”.
What does Offenheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineopenness
- 2
femininecandour, sincerity, frankness, forthrightness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Eigenschaft, sich unbefangen und bereitwillig mit jemandem oder etwas auseinanderzusetzen 2. die Eigenschaft, vorbehaltlos ehrlich zu kommunizieren und zu agieren
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 Offenheit
- Offenheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Offenheit?
- [ˈɔfn̩haɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Offenheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Offenheit in German?
Offenheit appears 6.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).