Dekanin

[deˈkaːnɪn]

/[deˈkaːnɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Dekanin” is uncommon German (frequency #81,422 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,422
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leiterin einer Fakultät

Corpus desk

Index DE-dekanin · Dekanin · German

Dekanin · rank #81,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,422
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dekadenten

Nearest frequency peer: dekadenten (-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 „Dekanin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dekanin
PropertyValue
HeadwordDekanin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[deˈkaːnɪn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,422
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dekanin“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Dekaninfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dekadenten“ (#81,421), „deklarierten“ (#81,423), „dehnbar“ (#81,420). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dekanin“ bei #81,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dekanin is uncommon German at frequency #81,422 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [deˈkaːnɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dekanin, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dekanin, spelled D-E-K-A-N-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Leiterin einer Fakultät
  2. 2
    Leiterin eines Dekanats (in manchen evangelischen Landeskirchen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Randa Abu Bakr heißt die neue Dekanin der Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften.“
  2. „Zwei Bänke weiter hatte er die Dekanin, den Stadtpfarrer und den ehemaligen Oberbürgermeister Schlauch entdeckt.“

Synonyms

FakultätsvorsteherinSuperintendentin

This word in other languages

dean(English)doyenne(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 "Dekanin"?
"Dekanin" is spelled D-E-K-A-N-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [deˈkaːnɪn].
What does "Dekanin" mean?
As a noun, "Dekanin" means: Leiterin einer Fakultät
How do you pronounce "Dekanin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dekanin" is [deˈkaːnɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dekanin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dehnbar#81,420Defekts#81,416Diakone#81,428curious#81,407

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list