Unfehlbarkeit
German, noun[ˌʊnˈfeːlbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]
Unfehlbarkeit is spelled U-N-F-E-H-L-B-A-R-K-E-I-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unfehlbarkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “infallibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fehlerlosigkeit im Handeln und Werten”.
What does Unfehlbarkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfallibility
- 2
femininepapal infallibility
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fehlerlosigkeit im Handeln und Werten 2. Fehlerlosigkeit des Papstes in Angelegenheiten des Glaubens
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Unfehlbarkeit?
- [ˌʊnˈfeːlbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]
- [ˈʊnˌfeːlbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unfehlbarkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unfehlbarkeit in German?
Unfehlbarkeit appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).