Depravation
[depʁavaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Depravation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wertminderung
Corpus desk
Index DE-depravation · Depravation · German
Depravation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Depravation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [depʁavaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Depravation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Depravation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [depʁavaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Depravation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Depravation, spelled D-E-P-R-A-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Wertminderung
- 2Entartung
- 3die Verschlechterung des gesundheitlichen Zustandes eines Patienten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Depravation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei dem Uebergange zu einer ganz neuen Münzrechnung etwa von Gold zu Silber musste natürlich Umrechnung der Ziffern eintreten. Ebenso aber konnte die Umrechnung angemessen erscheinen bei starker Depravation einer Münze und bei Konkurrenz vollwichtiger und depravierter Münzen.“
„Schrappe charakterisiert die Depravation als Persönlichkeitsveränderung, die durch Egozentrismus, Verwahrlosung, Haltlosigkeit und Unzuverlässigkeit, Lügenhaftigkeit, Bindungsverluste mit Zerbrechen familiärer und persönlicher Bande und sozialen Abstieg bis zur Kriminalität gekennzeichnet ist.“
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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.