Identität

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin identitās (“sameness, identity”) in the 18th century, from Latin īdem (“the same”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /iˌdɛntiˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Iden‧ti‧tät === Noun === Identität f (genitive Identität, plural Identitäten) sameness, identicalness, identity recurring characteristics that enable recognition, sense of what someone or something is, identity An identification sign or mask behind one which someone hides and may or may not enable recognition, identity (mathematics) unity ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Identitätsaneignung, Identitätsdiebstahl, Identitätsfindung, Identitätskontrolle, Identitätskrise, Identitätslosigkeit, Identitätsnachweis, Identitätsstiftung, Identitätsverlust === Further reading === “Identität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Identität” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Identität” in Duden online Identität on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de