Wankelmut
German, noun/ˈvaŋkəlˌmuːt/
Wankelmut is spelled W-A-N-K-E-L-M-U-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wankelmut is a German masculine noun meaning “fickleness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unfähigkeit, Entscheidungen zu treffen oder getroffene Entscheidungen umzusetzen; Unzuverlässigkeit”.
What does Wankelmut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefickleness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unfähigkeit, Entscheidungen zu treffen oder getroffene Entscheidungen umzusetzen; Unzuverlässigkeit
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 Wankelmut
- Wankelmutes genitive
- Wankelmuts genitive
- Wankelmute dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wankelmut?
- /ˈvaŋkəlˌmuːt/
- [ˈvaŋkl̩ˌmuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wankelmut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wankelmut in German?
Wankelmut appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).