decrease
[ˈdiːkɹiːs]
The verdict
“decrease” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abnahme, Verringerung, Rückgang [in - an]
Corpus desk
Index DE-decrease · decrease · German
decrease · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | decrease |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːkɹiːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „decrease“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
decrease is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːkɹiːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abnahme, Verringerung, Rückgang [in - an]".
No generated misspelling entries exist for decrease in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 decrease, spelled D-E-C-R-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Abnahme, Verringerung, Rückgang [in - an]
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how decrease appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Over the last ten years we had a decrease in crime.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.