Dekorum
[deˈkoːʁʊm]
The verdict
“Dekorum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - äußerer Schein
Corpus desk
Index DE-dekorum · Dekorum · German
Dekorum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Dekorum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deˈkoːʁʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dekorum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dekorum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [deˈkoːʁʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "äußerer Schein".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dekorum, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dekorum, spelled D-E-K-O-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1äußerer Schein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dekorum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn es auch kein großer Einkauf war, man muß das Dekorum wahren.“
„Das ist bereits die Klasse für den wohlhabenderen Mittelstand, den Arbeitgeber, den Geschäftsmann, den besseren Ladenbesitzer und, natürlich, den tapferen Unglücksraben, den höheren Beamten, der, ebenso wie der kleine, im Tode mehr ausgeben muß, als er im Leben verdient hat, um das Dekorum zu wahren.“
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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.