Unterscheidungsmerkmal
German, noun[ʊntɐˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl]
Unterscheidungsmerkmal is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-D-U-N-G-S-M-E-R-K-M-A-L (22 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterscheidungsmerkmal is a German masculine noun meaning “distinguishing feature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Merkmal, das eine Unterscheidung von zwei unterschiedlichen Personen oder Dingen ermöglicht”.
What does Unterscheidungsmerkmal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedistinguishing feature
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Merkmal, das eine Unterscheidung von zwei unterschiedlichen Personen oder Dingen ermöglicht
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 Unterscheidungsmerkmal
- Unterscheidungsmerkmales genitive
- Unterscheidungsmerkmals genitive
- Unterscheidungsmerkmale plural
- Unterscheidungsmerkmalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unterscheidungsmerkmal?
- [ʊntɐˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Unterscheidungsmerkmal in German?
Unterscheidungsmerkmal appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).