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Pedanterie

German, noun[pedantəˈʁiː]

Pedanterie is spelled P-E-D-A-N-T-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedanterie is a German feminine noun meaning “pedantry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft, übergenau oder sehr kleinlich zu sein”.

What does Pedanterie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepedantry

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. die Eigenschaft, übergenau oder sehr kleinlich zu sein

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 Pedanterie

  • Pedanterien plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Pedanterie?

  • [pedantəˈʁiː]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Pedanterie

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Pedanterie in German?

Pedanterie appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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