delegitimieren
[deleɡitiˈmiːʁən]
The verdict
“delegitimieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas rechtlich nicht anerkennen; die Legitimation von etwas oder jemandem aufheben
Corpus desk
Index DE-delegitimieren · delegitimieren · German
delegitimieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | delegitimieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [deleɡitiˈmiːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „delegitimieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
delegitimieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [deleɡitiˈmiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden oder etwas rechtlich nicht anerkennen; die Legitimation von etwas oder jemandem aufheben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for delegitimieren, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is delegitimieren, spelled D-E-L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas rechtlich nicht anerkennen; die Legitimation von etwas oder jemandem aufheben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how delegitimieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der intellektuell motivierte Extremismus findet sich vor allem in Publikationen, die den demokratischen Verfassungsstaat delegitimieren.“
Antonyms
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.