concede
[kənˈsiːd]
The verdict
“concede” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zugeben, einräumen, zugestehen, konzedieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-concede · concede · German
concede · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | concede |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kənˈsiːd] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „concede“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
concede is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kənˈsiːd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for concede in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is concede, spelled C-O-N-C-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1zugeben, einräumen, zugestehen, konzedieren
- 2aufgeben, abtreten, weichen, bewilligen, etwas gewähren, ein Recht überlassen
- 3(ein Tor) kassieren, (ein Spiel) verlieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how concede appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„I had to concede that I was wrong.“
NBC News projected Reagan as the winner at 8:15 pm EST (5:15 PST), before voting was finished in the West, based on exit polls; […]. Carter conceded defeat at 9:50 pm EST.
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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.