assassination
[əˈsæs.ɪnˌeɪ.ʃən]
The verdict
“assassination” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Tötung bzw. ein Mord einer bekannten Person bzw. einer Person aus der Politik, zumeist gegen Bezahlung oder aus politischen Gründen
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Index DE-assassination · assassination · German
assassination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | assassination |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [əˈsæs.ɪnˌeɪ.ʃən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „assassination“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
assassination is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈsæs.ɪnˌeɪ.ʃən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Tötung bzw. ein Mord einer bekannten Person bzw. einer Person aus der Politik, zumeist gegen Bezahlung oder aus politischen Gründen".
No misspelling variants are generated for assassination in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is assassination, spelled A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1eine Tötung bzw. ein Mord einer bekannten Person bzw. einer Person aus der Politik, zumeist gegen Bezahlung oder aus politischen Gründen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assassination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Assassination is the murder of a prominent person or political figure by a surprise attack, usually for payment or political reasons."
The assassination of the king occurred at night.
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.