desavouieren
[dezavuˈiːʁən]
The verdict
“desavouieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leugnen, widersprechen, nicht anerkennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-desavouieren · desavouieren · German
desavouieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | desavouieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dezavuˈiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „desavouieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
desavouieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dezavuˈiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
desavouieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is desavouieren, spelled D-E-S-A-V-O-U-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1leugnen, widersprechen, nicht anerkennen
- 2vor allen anderen bloßstellen, herabwürdigen, im Stich lassen, brüskieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desavouieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er desavouierte Arabellas ganze Natur: aber das war ja, was er wollte, was er sollte.
Ich weiß nicht, warum er dieses Buch desavouieren wollte, da es ihm doch gewiß keine Schande macht.
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.