Pietät

[ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]

/[ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pietät” is uncommon German (frequency #85,689 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,689
frequency rank, German
49,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Haltung, die von Respekt, speziell einem Toten und dessen Angehörigen gegenüber, getragen ist

Key facts for Pietät
PropertyValue
HeadwordPietät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pietät” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Pietät lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pietät is uncommon German at frequency #85,689 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Pietät in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pietät, spelled P-I-E-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Haltung, die von Respekt, speziell einem Toten und dessen Angehörigen gegenüber, getragen ist
  2. 2
    Unternehmen, das Bestattungen durchführt

Antonyms

ImpietätPietätlosigkeit

This word in other languages

respect(English)piedad(Español)piété(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pietät"?
"Pietät" is spelled P-I-E-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌpiːəˈtɛːt].
What does "Pietät" mean?
As a noun, "Pietät" means: Haltung, die von Respekt, speziell einem Toten und dessen Angehörigen gegenüber, getragen ist
How do you pronounce "Pietät"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pietät" is [ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pietät" come from?
"Pietät" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Pietät”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-I-E-T-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌpiːəˈtɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list