Diminution
German, noun
Diminution is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diminution is a German feminine noun meaning “diminution (reduction; act or process of making smaller)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Diminution mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminution (reduction; act or process of making smaller)
- 2
femininediminution (act or process of making diminutive)
- 3
femininediminution
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Diminution
- Diminutionen plural
- Deminution alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Diminution in German?
Diminution appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).