demente

[deˈmɛntə]

/[deˈmɛntə]/ adj

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The verdict

“demente” is uncommon German (frequency #77,842 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,842
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement

Corpus desk

Index DE-demente · demente · German

demente · rank #77,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,842
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dek

Nearest frequency peer: dek (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “demente”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “demente” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for demente
PropertyValue
Headworddemente
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[deˈmɛntə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “demente” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). demente lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

demente is uncommon German at frequency #77,842 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [deˈmɛntə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

demente doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is demente, spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demente"?
"demente" is spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [deˈmɛntə].
What does "demente" mean?
As an adjective, "demente" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dement
How do you pronounce "demente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demente" is [deˈmɛntə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demente" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "demente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dickste#77,854concord#77,817Dschinn#77,871Classes#77,812
Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list