Departments

[diˈpaːɐ̯tmənt͡s]

/[diˈpaːɐ̯tmənt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Departments” is uncommon German (frequency #67,120 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,120
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Department

Corpus desk

Index DE-departments · Departments · German

Departments · rank #67,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,120
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Desktops

Nearest frequency peer: Desktops (+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 „Departments“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Departments“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Departments
PropertyValue
HeadwordDepartments
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[diˈpaːɐ̯tmənt͡s]
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,120
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Departments“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Departmentsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Desktops“ (#67,121), „dekorierte“ (#67,118), „detailliertere“ (#67,122). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Departments“ bei #67,120. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Departments is uncommon German at frequency #67,120 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [diˈpaːɐ̯tmənt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Departments in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Departments, spelled D-E-P-A-R-T-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Department
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Department
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Department
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Department
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Department

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Departments"?
"Departments" is spelled D-E-P-A-R-T-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [diˈpaːɐ̯tmənt͡s].
What does "Departments" mean?
As a noun, "Departments" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Department
How do you pronounce "Departments"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Departments" is [diˈpaːɐ̯tmənt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

definitiven#67,115Dauerkarten#67,112durchlassen#67,136ebensolchen#67,141

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list