deliberate
[dɪlɪbəreɪt]
The verdict
“deliberate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit klarer Absicht: bewusst, absichtlich, vorsätzlich, überlegt, wohlerwogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-deliberate · deliberate · German
deliberate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | deliberate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dɪlɪbəreɪt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „deliberate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
deliberate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dɪlɪbəreɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
deliberate has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is deliberate, spelled D-E-L-I-B-E-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1mit klarer Absicht: bewusst, absichtlich, vorsätzlich, überlegt, wohlerwogen
- 2mit Bedacht: vorsichtig, bedächtig, besonnen, gemächlich, langsam
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deliberate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Extensive damage to an undersea gas pipeline … appears to be the result of a “deliberate … external act”, Finnish authorities have said.”
“Comedian Joe Pera releases podcast episodes with the same slow, deliberate pace as he speaks ….”
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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.