Dekade
German, noun/deˈkaːdə/
Dekade is spelled D-E-K-A-D-E (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dekade is a German feminine noun meaning “decade (ten years)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einheit von Zehn, Menge von Zehn”.
What does Dekade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecade (ten years)
- 2
feminineten days; a third of a month
Die erste Junidekade war von ungewöhnlichen starken Regenfällen geprägt.
- 3
femininedecade (set or series of ten units)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einheit von Zehn, Menge von Zehn 2. Zeitraum von 3. zehn Tagen 4. zehn Wochen (selten gebräuchlich)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dekade
- Dekaden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dekade?
- /deˈkaːdə/
- Austria /d̥eˈkɑːd̥ɛ/
- [deˈkaːdə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dekade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dekade in German?
Dekade appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).