Totalität

[ˌtotaliˈtɛːt]

/[ˌtotaliˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Totalität” is uncommon German (frequency #82,222 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,222
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Ganze in seiner Ganzheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-totalitat · Totalität · German

Totalität · rank #82,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,222
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH torch

Nearest frequency peer: torch (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Totalität”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Totalität” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Totalität
PropertyValue
HeadwordTotalität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌtotaliˈtɛːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,222
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Totalität” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Totalität lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Totalität is uncommon German at frequency #82,222 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌtotaliˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Totalität, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Totalität, spelled T-O-T-A-L-I-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Ganze in seiner Ganzheit
  2. 2
    das Allumfassende eines Machtanspruchs und dessen Ausübung
  3. 3
    das Ganze als komplexe, zusammenfassende Vollendung (zum Beispiel der Welt oder der Erkenntnis)
  4. 4
    vollständige (totale) Sonnenfinsternis/Mondfinsternis

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Kritiker arbeiten oft mit einer ontologischen Konzeption von Teil und Ganzem, bei der das Ganze über die Totalität der Teile hinausgeht und ihnen ihre Bedeutung erst verleiht.“
  2. „Die Autobiograpie von Mary Karr, Der Club der Lügner, hat mich vollkommen überwältigt. Nicht nur die Grausamkeit, die Schönheit und Karrs meisterhafte Beherrschung der Muttersprache, sondern vor allem ihre Totalität.“

Antonyms

Parzialität

This word in other languages

totality(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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Totalität"?
"Totalität" is spelled T-O-T-A-L-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌtotaliˈtɛːt].
What does "Totalität" mean?
As a noun, "Totalität" means: das Ganze in seiner Ganzheit
How do you pronounce "Totalität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Totalität" is [ˌtotaliˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Totalität" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list