Pietät

[ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]

/[ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pietät” is uncommon German (frequency #85,689 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,689
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haltung, die von Respekt, speziell einem Toten und dessen Angehörigen gegenüber, getragen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-pietat · Pietät · German

Pietät · rank #85,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,689
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pervertiert

Nearest frequency peer: pervertiert (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Pietät“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pietät“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pietät
PropertyValue
HeadwordPietät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌpiːəˈtɛːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pietät“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Pietätfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pervertiert“ (#85,687), „Pips“ (#85,691), „Personenschützer“ (#85,686). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pietät“ bei #85,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pietät is uncommon German at frequency #85,689 among 3,409 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pietät appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er besaß genügend Pietät, um den Verstorbenen aus dem Sketch zu streichen.
  2. „Auch Konflikte mit der Pietät sind häufig im Gôgenwitz.“

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pietät", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pearls#85,679Quäker#85,725Ragout#85,728riehen#85,764

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list