degenerierte

[deɡeneˈʁiːɐ̯tə]

/[deɡeneˈʁiːɐ̯tə]/ adj

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The verdict

“degenerierte” is uncommon German (frequency #61,410 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,410
frequency rank, German
45,632
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert

Corpus desk

Index DE-degenerierte · degenerierte · German

degenerierte · rank #61,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,410
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 45,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Darstellerinn…

Nearest frequency peer: Darstellerinnen (-1 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “degenerierte”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “degenerierte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for degenerierte
PropertyValue
Headworddegenerierte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[deɡeneˈʁiːɐ̯tə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#61,410
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “degenerierte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). degenerierte lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

degenerierte is uncommon German at frequency #61,410 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [deɡeneˈʁiːɐ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for degenerierte in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is degenerierte, spelled D-E-G-E-N-E-R-I-E-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "degenerierte"?
"degenerierte" is spelled D-E-G-E-N-E-R-I-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [deɡeneˈʁiːɐ̯tə].
What does "degenerierte" mean?
As an adjective, "degenerierte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs degeneriert
How do you pronounce "degenerierte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "degenerierte" is [deɡeneˈʁiːɐ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "degenerierte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dreiteiligen#61,428bürokratisch#61,383eingeäschert#61,448Einlieferung#61,450
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list