Standesdünkel
German, noun[ˈʃtandəsˌdʏŋkl̩]
Standesdünkel is spelled S-T-A-N-D-E-S-D-Ü-N-K-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Standesdünkel is a German masculine noun meaning “arrogance, conceit, superiority complex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangemessen hohe Selbstbeurteilung aufgrund der Zugehörigkeit zu einem bestimmten gesellschaftlichen Stand”.
What does Standesdünkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearrogance, conceit, superiority complex
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unangemessen hohe Selbstbeurteilung aufgrund der Zugehörigkeit zu einem bestimmten gesellschaftlichen Stand
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 Standesdünkel
- Standesdünkels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Standesdünkel?
- [ˈʃtandəsˌdʏŋkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Standesdünkel in German?
Standesdünkel appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).