dezimal
[det͡siˈmaːl]
The verdict
“dezimal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf der Grundzahl 10 beruhend; auf die Basis 10 bezogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dezimal · dezimal · German
dezimal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dezimal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [det͡siˈmaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dezimal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dezimal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [det͡siˈmaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf der Grundzahl 10 beruhend; auf die Basis 10 bezogen".
No misspelling variants are generated for dezimal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dezimal, spelled D-E-Z-I-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1auf der Grundzahl 10 beruhend; auf die Basis 10 bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dezimal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Antike und im Mittelalter wurden die meisten Einheiten nicht dezimal unterteilt.
„Das Querprodukt einer natürlichen Zahl ist – analog zur Quersumme – das Produkt ihrer Ziffernwerte. Das dezimale Querprodukt von 5496 ist beispielsweise 5·4·9·6 = 1080.“
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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.