Sittlichkeit
[ˈzɪtlɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Sittlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #77,326 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,326
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haltung/Verhalten gemäß den Vorstellungen von Moral und Sitte
Corpus desk
Index DE-sittlichkeit · Sittlichkeit · German
Sittlichkeit · rank #77,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,326
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sisyphos
Nearest frequency peer: Sisyphos (-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 „Sittlichkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sikh
Sikh
22,679 corpus weight
- Sisyphos
Sisyphos
22,676 corpus weight
- Sittlichkeit
Sittlichkeit
22,675 corpus weight
- Siziliens
Siziliens
22,673 corpus weight
- Skigebieten
Skigebieten
22,672 corpus weight
- slime
slime
22,671 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sittlichkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sittlichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɪtlɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sittlichkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sittlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #77,326 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɪtlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haltung/Verhalten gemäß den Vorstellungen von Moral und Sitte".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Sittlichkeit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sittlichkeit, spelled S-I-T-T-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Haltung/Verhalten gemäß den Vorstellungen von Moral und Sitte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sittlichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jedes Mal, wenn so eine Druckwelle der Sittlichkeit stoßweise das Land erschütterte, ging es auch der Rockmusik an den Kragen, die sich ohnehin von Natur aus verdächtig machte, Unmoral, Zügellosigkeit und Sittenverfall Vorschub zu leisten.“
„So wurden Ehrenhaftigkeit und Sittlichkeit vergiftet.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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