Urbanität
[ˌʊʁbaniˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Urbanität” is an uncommon German word, ranked #81,089 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,089
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eigenschaft, vom Großstadtleben geprägtes, weltgewandtes (urbanes) Auftreten oder eine solche Ausstrahlung zu besitzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Urbanität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʊʁbaniˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Urbanität” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Urbanität is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʊʁbaniˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,089 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Urbanität in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Urbanität, spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, vom Großstadtleben geprägtes, weltgewandtes (urbanes) Auftreten oder eine solche Ausstrahlung zu besitzen
- 2Ausstrahlung der Großstadt, der Stadt als Lebensumfeld
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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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Using “Urbanität”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-R-B-A-N-I-T-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌʊʁbaniˈtɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.