déjeuner
[de.ʒœ.ne]
The verdict
“déjeuner” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - essen, speisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dejeuner · déjeuner · German
déjeuner · 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 | déjeuner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [de.ʒœ.ne] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „déjeuner“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
déjeuner is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [de.ʒœ.ne]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "essen, speisen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for déjeuner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is déjeuner, spelled D-É-J-E-U-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1essen, speisen
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.