deklassieren
[deklaˈsiːʁən]
The verdict
“deklassieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Gegner höher besiegen, als man nach dessen leistungsmäßiger Einteilung (Klassifizierung) erwarten würde
Corpus desk
Index DE-deklassieren · deklassieren · German
deklassieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deklassieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [deklaˈsiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „deklassieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
deklassieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [deklaˈsiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deklassieren, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is deklassieren, spelled D-E-K-L-A-S-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Gegner höher besiegen, als man nach dessen leistungsmäßiger Einteilung (Klassifizierung) erwarten würde
- 2herabsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deklassieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei den Junioren konnte diesmal Willi Hirschmann seinen härtesten Konkurrenten klar deklassieren. Er gewinnt mit 1 Runde Vorsprung vor Thomas Hostinsky und Patrick Neisser, der sich im Schlamm wacker schlug.
Die sozial deklassierte anglo-amerikanische Bevölkerung darf in den Vororten westlich des Flusses wohnen.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.