dementieren
[demɛnˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“dementieren” is uncommon German (frequency #59,564 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,564
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - öffentlich einer Behauptung widersprechen; ein Dementi abgeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-dementieren · dementieren · German
dementieren · rank #59,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,564
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH deinerseits
Nearest frequency peer: deinerseits (-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 „dementieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- deer
deer
40,439 corpus weight
- deinerseits
deinerseits
40,438 corpus weight
- dementieren
dementieren
40,437 corpus weight
- Despot
Despot
40,436 corpus weight
- Desserts
Desserts
40,435 corpus weight
- destabilisi…
destabilisiert
40,434 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dementieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dementieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [demɛnˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dementieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dementieren is uncommon German at frequency #59,564 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [demɛnˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "öffentlich einer Behauptung widersprechen; ein Dementi abgeben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dementieren, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dementieren, spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1öffentlich einer Behauptung widersprechen; ein Dementi abgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dementieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madonna dementierte die Gerüchte, sie und ihr Mann hätten Eheprobleme.
Der die Gerüchte dementierende Pressesprecher wirkte überfordert.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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