entkriminalisieren
[ɛntkʁiminaliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“entkriminalisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, jemanden von dem Vorwurf befreien, kriminell, rechtswidrig zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-entkriminalisieren · entkriminalisieren · German
entkriminalisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | entkriminalisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntkʁiminaliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entkriminalisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entkriminalisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntkʁiminaliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, jemanden von dem Vorwurf befreien, kriminell, rechtswidrig zu sein".
entkriminalisieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is entkriminalisieren, spelled E-N-T-K-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, jemanden von dem Vorwurf befreien, kriminell, rechtswidrig zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entkriminalisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bremen setzt sich für mehr Freiheit im Umgang mit Cannabis ein und will Konsumenten im rot-grün geführten Bundesland entkriminalisieren.“
„Der [Drogen]konsum wurde damals völlig entkriminalisiert, es wird auch nicht zwischen sogenannten ‚harten Drogen‘ wie Heroin und ‚weichen‘ Drogen wie Cannabis unterschieden.“
Antonyms
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.