Polarität

[polaʁiˈtɛːt]

/[polaʁiˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Polarität” is uncommon German (frequency #59,968 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,968
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Existenz zweier Pole, also zweier Punkte mit entgegengesetzten Eigenschaften

Corpus desk

Index DE-polaritat · Polarität · German

Polarität · rank #59,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,968
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH poem

Nearest frequency peer: poem (-1 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 „Polarität“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Polarität
PropertyValue
HeadwordPolarität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[polaʁiˈtɛːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,968
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Polarität“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Polaritätfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „poem“ (#59,967), „polt“ (#59,969), „Plattenvertrag“ (#59,966). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Polarität“ bei #59,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Polarität is uncommon German at frequency #59,968 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [polaʁiˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Polarität has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Polarität, spelled P-O-L-A-R-I-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Existenz zweier Pole, also zweier Punkte mit entgegengesetzten Eigenschaften
  2. 2
    ein Verhältnis zweier entgegengesetzter, in Wechselwirkung miteinander stehender Pole; Gegensätzlichkeit
  3. 3
    eine involutorische Korrelation

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beim Einlegen der Batterie ist die Polarität (der elektrischen Ladung) zu beachten.
  2. „In ihrer Dankesrede warnte Kronauer angesichts der aktuellen Polarität von USA und Europa vor einer "mitreißenden Simplifizierung der Welt".“

Antonyms

Einheit

This word in other languages

polarity(English)polarité(Français)polaridade(Português)

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 "Polarität"?
"Polarität" is spelled P-O-L-A-R-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [polaʁiˈtɛːt].
What does "Polarität" mean?
As a noun, "Polarität" means: die Existenz zweier Pole, also zweier Punkte mit entgegengesetzten Eigenschaften
How do you pronounce "Polarität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Polarität" is [polaʁiˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Polarität" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Phosphate#59,960Quartiers#59,984perfektem#59,951Patrizier#59,948

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list