Staatsangelegenheit
German, noun/ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanɡəˌleːɡn̩haɪ̯t/
Staatsangelegenheit is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-A-N-G-E-L-E-G-E-N-H-E-I-T (19 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written German, the 326,119th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Staatsangelegenheit is a German feminine noun meaning “state affair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das sich im vorrangigen Interesse/in der Verantwortung des Staates befindet”.
What does Staatsangelegenheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestate affair
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das sich im vorrangigen Interesse/in der Verantwortung des Staates befindet
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 Staatsangelegenheit
- Staatsangelegenheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Staatsangelegenheit?
- /ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanɡəˌleːɡn̩haɪ̯t/
- [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanɡəˌleːɡn̩haɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Staatsangelegenheit in German?
Staatsangelegenheit appears about once in every 31 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).