disclaim
[dɪsˈkleɪm]
The verdict
“disclaim” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dementieren, leugnen, abstreiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-disclaim · disclaim · German
disclaim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | disclaim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dɪsˈkleɪm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „disclaim“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
disclaim is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dɪsˈkleɪm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dementieren, leugnen, abstreiten".
No misspelling variants are generated for disclaim in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is disclaim, spelled D-I-S-C-L-A-I-M.
Definition
- 1dementieren, leugnen, abstreiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disclaim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this Realm."
Synonyms
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.