dekadent
German, adjective/dekaˈdɛnt/
dekadent is spelled D-E-K-A-D-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dekadent is a German adjective meaning “decadent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “infolge kultureller Überfeinerung entartet und ohne Kraft oder Widerstandsfähigkeit, im Verfall begriffen”.
What does dekadent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decadent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. infolge kultureller Überfeinerung entartet und ohne Kraft oder Widerstandsfähigkeit, im Verfall begriffen
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 dekadent
- dekadenter masculine nominative singular
- am dekadentesten superlative
- dekadente feminine nominative singular
- dekadentes neuter nominative singular
- dekadenten genitive masculine singular
- dekadentem dative masculine singular
- der dekadente definite includes-article masculine
- die dekadente definite feminine includes-article
- das dekadente definite includes-article neuter
- die dekadenten definite includes-article nominative
- des dekadenten definite genitive includes-article
- der dekadenten definite feminine genitive
- dem dekadenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dekadent?
- /dekaˈdɛnt/
- [dekaˈdɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dekadent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dekadent in German?
dekadent appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).