Traurigkeit
German, noun[ˈtʁaʊ̯ʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
Traurigkeit is spelled T-R-A-U-R-I-G-K-E-I-T (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traurigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “sadness, unhappiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Emotion, die man empfindet, wenn man traurig ist”.
What does Traurigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesadness, unhappiness
Eine große Traurigkeit erfüllte ihr Herz.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Emotion, die man empfindet, wenn man traurig ist
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 Traurigkeit
- Traurigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Traurigkeit?
- [ˈtʁaʊ̯ʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈtʁaʊ̯ʁɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Traurigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Traurigkeit in German?
Traurigkeit appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).