dekadenten

[dekaˈdɛntn̩]

/[dekaˈdɛntn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“dekadenten” is uncommon German (frequency #81,421 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,421
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent

Corpus desk

Index DE-dekadenten · dekadenten · German

dekadenten · rank #81,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,421
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dehnbar

Nearest frequency peer: dehnbar (-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 „dekadenten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dekadenten
PropertyValue
Headworddekadenten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[dekaˈdɛntn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dekadenten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dehnbar“ (#81,420), „Dekanin“ (#81,422), „degradieren“ (#81,419). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dekadenten“ bei #81,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dekadenten is uncommon German at frequency #81,421 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dekaˈdɛntn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dekadenten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dekadenten, spelled D-E-K-A-D-E-N-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent

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 "dekadenten"?
"dekadenten" is spelled D-E-K-A-D-E-N-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [dekaˈdɛntn̩].
What does "dekadenten" mean?
As an adjective, "dekadenten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dekadent
How do you pronounce "dekadenten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dekadenten" is [dekaˈdɛntn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list