Determination
[detɛʁminaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Determination” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,125 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,125
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bestimmtheit, Bestimmung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Determination |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [detɛʁminaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #94,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Determination” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Determination is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [detɛʁminaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,125 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Determination has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Determination, spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bestimmtheit, Bestimmung
- 2nähere Bestimmung einer sprachlichen Einheit durch eine andere
- 3einseitige Abhängigkeitsrelation
- 4Angabe von Merkmalen, die einem Gegenstand, der bestimmt (determiniert) werden soll, zukommen
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Determination”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [detɛʁminaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.