dissociate

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The verdict

“dissociate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von etwas Abstand nehmen; sich selbst von etwas loslösen, abtrennen

Corpus desk

Index DE-dissociate · dissociate · German

dissociate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for dissociate
PropertyValue
Headworddissociate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dissociate“ im Deutschen

dissociatesitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dissociate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dissociate, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dissociate, spelled D-I-S-S-O-C-I-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    von etwas Abstand nehmen; sich selbst von etwas loslösen, abtrennen
  2. 2
    Komponenten von einander trennen; Dissoziation vornehmen
  3. 3
    sich von einem Verein oder Verband entfernen, zurücktreten
  4. 4
    Trennung durchleben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dissociate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The individual may wish to dissociate itself from the majority.
  2. He tried to dissociate himself from his past.

Synonyms

Antonyms

associatecombinefuseunitjoinincorporate

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dissociate"?
"dissociate" is spelled D-I-S-S-O-C-I-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "dissociate" mean?
As a verb, "dissociate" means: von etwas Abstand nehmen; sich selbst von etwas loslösen, abtrennen
How do you pronounce "dissociate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dissociate" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dissociate" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list