Serendipität
German, noun/zeʀɛndipiˈtɛːt/
Serendipität is spelled S-E-R-E-N-D-I-P-I-T-Ä-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serendipität is a German feminine noun meaning “serendipity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zufällige Beobachtung von etwas ursprünglich nicht Gesuchtem, das sich als neue und überraschende Entdeckung…”.
What does Serendipität mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineserendipity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zufällige Beobachtung von etwas ursprünglich nicht Gesuchtem, das sich als neue und überraschende Entdeckung erweist
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 Serendipität
- Serendipitäten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Serendipität?
- /zeʀɛndipiˈtɛːt/
- [zeʁɛndipiˈtɛːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Serendipität
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Serendipität in German?
Serendipität appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).