Uneigennützigkeit
German, noun[ˈʊnʔaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪçkaɪ̯t]
Uneigennützigkeit is spelled U-N-E-I-G-E-N-N-Ü-T-Z-I-G-K-E-I-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uneigennützigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “unselfishness, selflessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, uneigennützig zu sein”.
What does Uneigennützigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunselfishness, selflessness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, uneigennützig zu sein
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 Uneigennützigkeit
- Uneigennützigkeiten nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Uneigennützigkeit?
- [ˈʊnʔaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈʊnʔaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Uneigennützigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Uneigennützigkeit in German?
Uneigennützigkeit appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).