dehumanisieren
[dehumaniˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“dehumanisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden alles dessen berauben, was seine Menschlichkeit ausmacht, was zu seiner Würde und seines Wertes als Mensch gehört; jemanden alles Menschlichen berauben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dehumanisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dehumaniˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dehumanisieren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dehumanisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dehumaniˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden alles dessen berauben, was seine Menschlichkeit ausmacht, was zu seiner Würde und seines Wertes als Mensch gehört; jemanden alles Menschlichen berauben".
Zero misspellings are on record for dehumanisieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dehumanisieren, spelled D-E-H-U-M-A-N-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden alles dessen berauben, was seine Menschlichkeit ausmacht, was zu seiner Würde und seines Wertes als Mensch gehört; jemanden alles Menschlichen berauben
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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 “dehumanisieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-H-U-M-A-N-I-S-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dehumaniˈziːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.