Privatangelegenheit
German, noun/priˈvaːtʔanɡəleːɡənhaɪ̯t/
Privatangelegenheit is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-A-N-G-E-L-E-G-E-N-H-E-I-T (19 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privatangelegenheit is a German feminine noun meaning “private matter, private affair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das nicht von öffentlichem Interesse ist, das Privatleben betrifft”.
What does Privatangelegenheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprivate matter, private affair
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das nicht von öffentlichem Interesse ist, das Privatleben betrifft
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 Privatangelegenheit
- Privatangelegenheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Privatangelegenheit?
- /priˈvaːtʔanɡəleːɡənhaɪ̯t/
- [pʁiˈvaːtʔanɡəˌleːɡn̩haɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Privatangelegenheit in German?
Privatangelegenheit appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).