Dekadenz
German, noun/dekaˈdɛnts/
Dekadenz is spelled D-E-K-A-D-E-N-Z (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dekadenz is a German feminine noun meaning “decadence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verfall, Entartung, sittlicher und kultureller Niedergang”.
What does Dekadenz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecadence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verfall, Entartung, sittlicher und kultureller Niedergang
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Dekadenz?
- /dekaˈdɛnts/
- [dekaˈdɛnt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dekadenz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dekadenz in German?
Dekadenz appears 1.1 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).