Derivation
[deʁivaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Derivation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Prozess und Ergebnis der) Bildung neuer Wörter mit Hilfe gebundener grammatischer Morpheme (Derivateme)
Corpus desk
Index DE-derivation · Derivation · German
Derivation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Derivation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deʁivaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Derivation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Derivation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [deʁivaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Prozess und Ergebnis der) Bildung neuer Wörter mit Hilfe gebundener grammatischer Morpheme (Derivateme)".
Derivation has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Derivation, spelled D-E-R-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1(Prozess und Ergebnis der) Bildung neuer Wörter mit Hilfe gebundener grammatischer Morpheme (Derivateme)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Derivation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Wörter „schauerlich“, „Unwort“, „zerreden“ sind Derivationen.
Die Derivation gehört ebenso wie die Flexion zur „Morphologie“.
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.