Sportlichkeit

[ˈʃpɔʁtlɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtlɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sportlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #78,568 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,568
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, sportlich zu sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-sportlichkeit · Sportlichkeit · German

Sportlichkeit · rank #78,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,568
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sprosse

Nearest frequency peer: Sprosse (+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 „Sportlichkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sportlichkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordSportlichkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɔʁtlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters13
Frequency rank#78,568
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sportlichkeit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sportlichkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sprosse“ (#78,569), „spina“ (#78,566), „Spielleute“ (#78,565). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sportlichkeit“ bei #78,568. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sportlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #78,568 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔʁtlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sportlichkeit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sportlichkeit, spelled S-P-O-R-T-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, sportlich zu sein
  2. 2
    etwas, das sportlich ist/als sportlich gilt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Für mich ist Sportlichkeit wichtig, ich möchte muskulös sein.

Antonyms

Unsportlichkeit

This word in other languages

athleticism(English)

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 "Sportlichkeit"?
"Sportlichkeit" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɔʁtlɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Sportlichkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Sportlichkeit" means: Eigenschaft, sportlich zu sein
How do you pronounce "Sportlichkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sportlichkeit" is [ˈʃpɔʁtlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sportlichkeit" come from?
"Sportlichkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Steuergesetze#78,587Seelenfrieden#78,534Studienreisen#78,603Schweinereien#78,527

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list