Sanftheit
[ˈzanfthaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Sanftheit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, sanft zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-sanftheit · Sanftheit · German
Sanftheit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sanftheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzanfthaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sanftheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sanftheit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzanfthaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, sanft zu sein".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sanftheit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sanftheit, spelled S-A-N-F-T-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, sanft zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sanftheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie war versucht, diese Höflichkeit zu durchbrechen, die polierte Oberfläche ihrer Sanftheit anzukratzen mit ihrer Extravaganz.“
„Sie antwortete mir mit größter Sanftheit, ich solle mir deshalb keine Gedanken machen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.