Wirksamkeit
German, noun/ˈvɪʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t/
Wirksamkeit is spelled W-I-R-K-S-A-M-K-E-I-T (11 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirksamkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “effectiveness, efficacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Wirksamsein; der Grad, in dem etwas wirksam ist”.
What does Wirksamkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeffectiveness, efficacy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Wirksamsein; der Grad, in dem etwas wirksam ist
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 Wirksamkeit
- Wirksamkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirksamkeit?
- /ˈvɪʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈvɪʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wirksamkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wirksamkeit in German?
Wirksamkeit appears 7.6 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).