Sprödigkeit
German, noun[ˈʃpʁøːdɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sprödigkeit is spelled S-P-R-Ö-D-I-G-K-E-I-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprödigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “brittleness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft eines Materials, nicht elastig/eher brüchig zu sein”.
What does Sprödigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrittleness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft eines Materials, nicht elastig/eher brüchig zu sein 2. Eigenschaft einer Haltung, eher abweisend/wenig zugänglich zu sein
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 Sprödigkeit
- Sprödigkeiten plural
- Sprödheit variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprödigkeit?
- [ˈʃpʁøːdɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈʃpʁøːdɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sprödigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sprödigkeit in German?
Sprödigkeit appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).