Dekonstruktion
[dekɔnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Dekonstruktion” is uncommon German (frequency #66,117 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,117
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbau von innen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dekonstruktion · Dekonstruktion · German
Dekonstruktion · rank #66,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,117
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Debütroman
Nearest frequency peer: Debütroman (-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 „Dekonstruktion“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dauphin
dauphin
33,887 corpus weight
- Debütroman
Debütroman
33,885 corpus weight
- Dekonstrukt…
Dekonstruktion
33,884 corpus weight
- dement
dement
33,883 corpus weight
- Diagrammen
Diagrammen
33,882 corpus weight
- Dienstjahren
Dienstjahren
33,881 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dekonstruktion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dekonstruktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dekɔnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #66,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dekonstruktion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dekonstruktion is uncommon German at frequency #66,117 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dekɔnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Dekonstruktion in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Dekonstruktion, spelled D-E-K-O-N-S-T-R-U-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Abbau von innen
- 2kritisches Hinterfragen grundlegender Begriffe
- 3kritisches Hinterfragen und Auflösen eines Textes im weiteren Sinn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dekonstruktion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit ‚Miami Vice‘ kam die Dekonstruktion ins amerikanische Serienfernsehen, in den Jahren 1984 bis 1989.“
„Gegensatzpaare und Wertehierarchien werden von den Vertretern der Dekonstruktion als einengender Logozentrismus beschrieben, der die Vielfalt der Welt gewaltsam einenge.“
Antonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).