deckeln
[ˈdɛkl̩n]
The verdict
“deckeln” is uncommon German (frequency #54,439 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,439
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nach oben begrenzen; eine Obergrenze für etwas festlegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deckeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdɛkl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deckeln” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
deckeln is uncommon German at frequency #54,439 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdɛkl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
deckeln 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is deckeln, spelled D-E-C-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1nach oben begrenzen; eine Obergrenze für etwas festlegen
- 2jemanden unfreundlich auf einen Fehler hinweisen
- 3etwas mit einem Deckel verschließen
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “deckeln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-C-K-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdɛkl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.