Hässlichkeit

German

Alternative forms

• Häßlichkeit (pre-1996)

Etymology

hässlich +‎ -keit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛslɪçkaɪ̯t/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Hässlichkeit f (genitive Hässlichkeit, plural Hässlichkeiten)

1. ugliness

Usage notes

• The spelling Hässlichkeit has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Häßlichkeit) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Declension

Declension of Hässlichkeit [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hässlichkeit	die	Hässlichkeiten
genitive	einer	der	Hässlichkeit	der	Hässlichkeiten
dative	einer	der	Hässlichkeit	den	Hässlichkeiten
accusative	eine	die	Hässlichkeit	die	Hässlichkeiten

Further reading

• “Hässlichkeit” in Duden online
• “Hässlichkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache