Volljährigkeit
German, noun/ˈfɔljɛːʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
Volljährigkeit is spelled V-O-L-L-J-Ä-H-R-I-G-K-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volljährigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “legal age; maturity; majority; adulthood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand des gesetzlichen Erwachsenseins, der heutzutage in Deutschland und den meisten westlichen Ländern mit…”.
What does Volljährigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegal age; maturity; majority; adulthood
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand des gesetzlichen Erwachsenseins, der heutzutage in Deutschland und den meisten westlichen Ländern mit der Vollendung des achtzehnten Lebensjahres eintritt
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 Volljährigkeit?
- /ˈfɔljɛːʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
- /ˈfɔljeːʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈfɔljɛːʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Volljährigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Volljährigkeit in German?
Volljährigkeit appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).