antikolonial
[ˌantikoloˈni̯aːl]
The verdict
“antikolonial” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen den Kolonialismus eingestellt, gerichtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-antikolonial · antikolonial · German
antikolonial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antikolonial |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌantikoloˈni̯aːl] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „antikolonial“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
antikolonial is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌantikoloˈni̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gegen den Kolonialismus eingestellt, gerichtet".
antikolonial doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is antikolonial, spelled A-N-T-I-K-O-L-O-N-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1gegen den Kolonialismus eingestellt, gerichtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antikolonial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf der indonesischen Hauptinsel Java und auf Bali waren vor dem Islam bereits zwei Hochreligionen (Hinduismus und Buddhismus) von den lokalen ‚Altreligionen‘ synthetisiert worden. Entgegen einer antikolonial und nationalistisch gefärbten Selbstwahrnehmung, nach der die Ankunft des Islam einen radikalen Bruch mit den bisherigen kulturellen Traditionen da…
„Sie war in ihrem Anliegen antikolonial, bediente sich aber in der Darstellung Afrikas der Erzählhaltungen (Realismus) und Konventionen (Exotik) der europäischen Literatur.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.