dominierend

[domiˈniːʁənt]

/[domiˈniːʁənt]/ adj

The verdict

“dominierend” is uncommon German (frequency #77,864 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,864
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas maßgeblich bestimmend

Corpus desk

Index DE-dominierend · dominierend · German

dominierend · rank #77,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,864
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH divinity

Nearest frequency peer: divinity (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dominierend“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dominierend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dominierend
PropertyValue
Headworddominierend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[domiˈniːʁənt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dominierend“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).dominierendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „divinity“ (#77,863), „Donauinsel“ (#77,865), „Doppelkopf“ (#77,866). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dominierend“ bei #77,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dominierend is uncommon German at frequency #77,864 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [domiˈniːʁənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for dominierend in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 dominierend, spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-E-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas maßgeblich bestimmend
  2. 2
    in der Mehrheit, vor allem
  3. 3
    sadistische Handlungen an einem Beteiligten ausführend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Morteza Mehrzad ist einer der größten Menschen der Erde und der dominierende Sitzvolleyballer seiner Generation.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dominierend"?
"dominierend" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-E-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [domiˈniːʁənt].
What does "dominierend" mean?
As an adjective, "dominierend" means: etwas maßgeblich bestimmend
How do you pronounce "dominierend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dominierend" is [domiˈniːʁənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dominierend" come from?
"dominierend" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dominierend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list