desensibilisieren
[ˌdezɛnzibiliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“desensibilisieren” 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) - unempfindlich machen, meist gegen Allergene
Corpus desk
Index DE-desensibilisieren · desensibilisieren · German
desensibilisieren · 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 | desensibilisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌdezɛnzibiliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „desensibilisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
desensibilisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌdezɛnzibiliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unempfindlich machen, meist gegen Allergene".
desensibilisieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is desensibilisieren, spelled D-E-S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1unempfindlich machen, meist gegen Allergene
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desensibilisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihm bereite große Sorge, "dass sich vor allem männliche Jugendliche systematisch desensibilisieren durch Computerspiele, die Tötungsarien vorzeichnen", sagte Pfeiffer der "Passauer Neuen Presse".
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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.