Spontaneität

German

Alternative forms

• Spontanität (see notes below)

Etymology

Borrowed from French spontanéité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃpɔn.taˌneː.iˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Spon‧ta‧ne‧i‧tät

Noun

Spontaneität f (genitive Spontaneität, no plural)

1. spontaneity

Usage notes

• The Germanised alternative Spontanität is the predominant form in speech and unedited writing. In edited texts, Spontaneität remains commoner. Both forms are accepted as standard by Duden.

Declension

Declension of Spontaneität [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Spontaneität
genitive	einer	der	Spontaneität
dative	einer	der	Spontaneität
accusative	eine	die	Spontaneität

Related terms

• spontan

Further reading

• “Spontaneität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Spontaneität” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Spontaneität” in Duden online
• Spontaneität on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de