debate

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The verdict

“debate” is uncommon German (frequency #77,838 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,838
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diskutieren, debattieren, verhandeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-debate · debate · German

debate · rank #77,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,838
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Deichsel

Nearest frequency peer: Deichsel (+2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „debate“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „debate“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for debate
PropertyValue
Headworddebate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „debate“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).debatefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Deichsel“ (#77,840), „dek“ (#77,841), „demente“ (#77,842). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „debate“ bei #77,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

debate is uncommon German at frequency #77,838 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for debate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is debate, spelled D-E-B-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    diskutieren, debattieren, verhandeln
  2. 2
    sich sehr heftig streiten, kämpfen
  3. 3
    mit sich selber ausmachen, überlegen, nachdenken, erwägen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how debate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "He has long studied it, seeking the lost secrets of their making; but when the Rings were debated in the Council, all that he would reveal to us of his ring-lore told against my fears."

Synonyms

argue

This word in other languages

débattre(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "debate"?
"debate" is spelled D-E-B-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "debate" mean?
As a verb, "debate" means: diskutieren, debattieren, verhandeln
How do you pronounce "debate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "debate" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "debate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dahlia#77,830dagger#77,829Dioden#77,858chemin#77,807

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list