dekadent

[dekaˈdɛnt]

/[dekaˈdɛnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“dekadent” is uncommon German (frequency #60,468 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,468
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - infolge kultureller Überfeinerung entartet und ohne Kraft oder Widerstandsfähigkeit, im Verfall begriffen

Corpus desk

Index DE-dekadent · dekadent · German

dekadent · rank #60,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,468
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH deftigen

Nearest frequency peer: deftigen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dekadent“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dekadent“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dekadent
PropertyValue
Headworddekadent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[dekaˈdɛnt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,468
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dekadent“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dekadentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „deftigen“ (#60,467), „Delegierter“ (#60,469), „DDT“ (#60,466). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dekadent“ bei #60,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dekadent is uncommon German at frequency #60,468 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dekaˈdɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "infolge kultureller Überfeinerung entartet und ohne Kraft oder Widerstandsfähigkeit, im Verfall begriffen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dekadent, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dekadent, spelled D-E-K-A-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    infolge kultureller Überfeinerung entartet und ohne Kraft oder Widerstandsfähigkeit, im Verfall begriffen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dekadent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der dekadente Lebensstil der führenden Schichten Roms war mitschuld am Niedergang der römischen Republik.
  2. „Wir haben Angst, dekadent und hedonistisch zu wirken.“

Antonyms

bescheiden

This word in other languages

decadent(English)decadente(Español)décadent(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dekadent"?
"dekadent" is spelled D-E-K-A-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [dekaˈdɛnt].
What does "dekadent" mean?
As an adjective, "dekadent" means: infolge kultureller Überfeinerung entartet und ohne Kraft oder Widerstandsfähigkeit, im Verfall begriffen
How do you pronounce "dekadent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dekadent" is [dekaˈdɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dekadent" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

deftigen#60,467Eiablage#60,501bestaunt#60,414erholsam#60,534

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list