Subtilität
[ˌzʊptiliˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Subtilität” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bildungssprachlich: die Eigenschaft, subtil zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-subtilitat · Subtilität · German
Subtilität · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Subtilität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌzʊptiliˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Subtilität“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Subtilität is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌzʊptiliˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bildungssprachlich: die Eigenschaft, subtil zu sein".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Subtilität, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Subtilität, spelled S-U-B-T-I-L-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1bildungssprachlich: die Eigenschaft, subtil zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Subtilität appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Subtilitäten in der Deutung des Dramas ist kein Ende. Immer neue Literaturtheorien üben sich an ihm, und auch das Interesse der Theater wächst weiterhin …“
„Nicht, daß die Sprachkritiker sich mit derart groben Fällen von Laisser-faire-Lässigkeit aufhielten – es gibt auch sehr interessante Subtilitäten der Logik.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.