Degustation
[deɡʊstaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Degustation” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Prüfen, Probieren und Kosten von Speisen und Getränken (insbesondere von Wein) in Bezug auf Geruch und Geschmack
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Degustation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deɡʊstaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Degustation” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Degustation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [deɡʊstaˈt͡si̯oːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Degustation has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Degustation, spelled D-E-G-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1das Prüfen, Probieren und Kosten von Speisen und Getränken (insbesondere von Wein) in Bezug auf Geruch und Geschmack
- 2Ort, an dem das Probieren und Kosten von Speisen und Getränken stattfindet
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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.
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Using “Degustation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-G-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [deɡʊstaˈt͡si̯oːn] (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
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.