demoralisieren
[demoʁaliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“demoralisieren” 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) - jemandes Moral (Stimmung, Kampfgeist) zerstören, jemandem den Mut nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-demoralisieren · demoralisieren · German
demoralisieren · 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 | demoralisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [demoʁaliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „demoralisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
demoralisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [demoʁaliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandes Moral (Stimmung, Kampfgeist) zerstören, jemandem den Mut nehmen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for demoralisieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is demoralisieren, spelled D-E-M-O-R-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandes Moral (Stimmung, Kampfgeist) zerstören, jemandem den Mut nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demoralisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat sehr fleißig gearbeitet. Dass er kein Lob bekam, demoralisierte ihn.
„Die wissen genau, wie sie noch den letzten Streikwilligen demoralisieren.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.