Viskosität

[ˌvɪskoziˈtɛːt]

/[ˌvɪskoziˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Viskosität” is uncommon German (frequency #53,350 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,350
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maß für die Beweglichkeit der Teilchen von Fluiden

Corpus desk

Index DE-viskositat · Viskosität · German

Viskosität · rank #53,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,350
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH visage

Nearest frequency peer: visage (-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 „Viskosität“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Viskosität
PropertyValue
HeadwordViskosität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌvɪskoziˈtɛːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Viskosität“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Viskositätfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „visage“ (#53,349), „vill“ (#53,348), „VOB“ (#53,352). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Viskosität“ bei #53,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Viskosität is uncommon German at frequency #53,350 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌvɪskoziˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maß für die Beweglichkeit der Teilchen von Fluiden".

Viskosität doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Viskosität, spelled V-I-S-K-O-S-I-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maß für die Beweglichkeit der Teilchen von Fluiden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Honig hat eine höhere Viskosität als Wasser.
  2. Die Viskosität von Gasen steigt mit der Temperatur, während die von Flüssigkeiten mit der Temperatur exponentiell sinkt.

Synonyms

DickflüssigkeitReibungZähflüssigkeitZähigkeit

Antonyms

DünnflüssigkeitFluiditätFließfähigkeit

This word in other languages

viscosity(English)viscosité(Français)viscosidade(Português)

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 "Viskosität"?
"Viskosität" is spelled V-I-S-K-O-S-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌvɪskoziˈtɛːt].
What does "Viskosität" mean?
As a noun, "Viskosität" means: Maß für die Beweglichkeit der Teilchen von Fluiden
How do you pronounce "Viskosität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Viskosität" is [ˌvɪskoziˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Viskosität" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vermögende#53,341vorrangige#53,359Wachdienst#53,364verdeckter#53,333

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list