Verantwortungslosigkeit

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋsˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋsˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verantwortungslosigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #78,683 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,683
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, verantwortungslos zu handeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-verantwortungslosigkeit · Verantwortungslosigkeit · German

Verantwortungslosigkeit · rank #78,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,683
  • LEN-MEGA 23 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verbraucherze…

Nearest frequency peer: Verbraucherzentralen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Verantwortungslosigkeit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verantwortungslosigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verantwortungslosigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerantwortungslosigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋsˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters23
Frequency rank#78,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verantwortungslosigkeit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Verantwortungslosigkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verbraucherzentralen“ (#78,684), „Veltliner“ (#78,681), „Verdunkelung“ (#78,686). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verantwortungslosigkeit“ bei #78,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verantwortungslosigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #78,683 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋsˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, verantwortungslos zu handeln".

Verantwortungslosigkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verantwortungslosigkeit, spelled V-E-R-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-U-N-G-S-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, verantwortungslos zu handeln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Verantwortungslosigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Sicherheitsberater Henry Kissinger schäumt: ‘Ich sehe nicht ein, warum wir herumstehen und zuschauen sollen, wenn ein Land aufgrund der Verantwortungslosigkeit seiner Bevölkerung kommunistisch wird.‘ “
  2. [Das deutsche Bildungssystem] „ist der Inbegriff organisierter Verantwortungslosigkeit.“

This word in other languages

irresponsibility(English)irresponsabilidad(Español)irresponsabilité(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verantwortungslosigkeit"?
"Verantwortungslosigkeit" is spelled V-E-R-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-U-N-G-S-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋsˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Verantwortungslosigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Verantwortungslosigkeit" means: Eigenschaft, verantwortungslos zu handeln
How do you pronounce "Verantwortungslosigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verantwortungslosigkeit" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋsˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verantwortungslosigkeit" come from?
"Verantwortungslosigkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Verantwortungslosigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 23 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zivilgesellschaftlichen#78,791naturwissenschaftliches#78,333Einverständniserklärung#79,101Konzentrationsfähigkeit#78,204

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list