depersonalisieren
[depɛʁzonaliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“depersonalisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden seiner Persönlichkeit berauben, so behandeln, als ob er keine Person wäre
Corpus desk
Index DE-depersonalisieren · depersonalisieren · German
depersonalisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | depersonalisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [depɛʁzonaliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „depersonalisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
depersonalisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [depɛʁzonaliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden seiner Persönlichkeit berauben, so behandeln, als ob er keine Person wäre".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for depersonalisieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 depersonalisieren, spelled D-E-P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden seiner Persönlichkeit berauben, so behandeln, als ob er keine Person wäre
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how depersonalisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dass er die Gesichter der Opfer bedeckt und Fotos umdreht, zeigt, dass er es vorzieht, die Frauen zu depersonalisieren.“
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.