Dekolonisation
[dəkolonizaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Dekolonisation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entlassung, Lossagung einer Kolonie von wirtschaftlicher, politischer, kultureller etc. Abhängigkeit, Einflussnahme der Kolonialmacht, die Abhängigkeit der Kolonie aufheben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dekolonisation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dəkolonizaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dekolonisation” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dekolonisation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dəkolonizaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entlassung, Lossagung einer Kolonie von wirtschaftlicher, politischer, kultureller etc. Abhängigkeit, Einflussnahme der Kolonialmacht, die Abhängigkeit der Kolonie aufheben".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dekolonisation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Dekolonisation, spelled D-E-K-O-L-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Entlassung, Lossagung einer Kolonie von wirtschaftlicher, politischer, kultureller etc. Abhängigkeit, Einflussnahme der Kolonialmacht, die Abhängigkeit der Kolonie aufheben
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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.
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- The one correct German spelling is D-E-K-O-L-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.