Wohlstandsverwahrlosung
German, noun[ˈvoːlʃtant͡sfɛɐ̯ˌvaːɐ̯loːzʊŋ]
Wohlstandsverwahrlosung is spelled W-O-H-L-S-T-A-N-D-S-V-E-R-W-A-H-R-L-O-S-U-N-G (23 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohlstandsverwahrlosung is a German feminine noun meaning “affluent neglect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aufwachsen von jungen Menschen in einer Welt voll materiellen Überflusses, aber einer damit einhergehenden…”.
What does Wohlstandsverwahrlosung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffluent neglect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aufwachsen von jungen Menschen in einer Welt voll materiellen Überflusses, aber einer damit einhergehenden seelischen und emotionalen Vernachlässigung
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 Wohlstandsverwahrlosung?
- [ˈvoːlʃtant͡sfɛɐ̯ˌvaːɐ̯loːzʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wohlstandsverwahrlosung in German?
Wohlstandsverwahrlosung appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).