Exkommunikation

[ɛkskɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[ɛkskɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Exkommunikation” is uncommon German (frequency #64,248 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,248
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Ausschluss aus einer kirchlichen Gemeinschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-exkommunikation · Exkommunikation · German

Exkommunikation · rank #64,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,248
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH EWS

Nearest frequency peer: EWS (-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 „Exkommunikation“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Exkommunikation
PropertyValue
HeadwordExkommunikation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛkskɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters15
Frequency rank#64,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Exkommunikation“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Exkommunikationfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „EWS“ (#64,247), „Exporteur“ (#64,249), „Europarats“ (#64,246). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Exkommunikation“ bei #64,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Exkommunikation is uncommon German at frequency #64,248 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛkskɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Ausschluss aus einer kirchlichen Gemeinschaft".

Zero misspellings are on record for Exkommunikation in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Exkommunikation, spelled E-X-K-O-M-M-U-N-I-K-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Ausschluss aus einer kirchlichen Gemeinschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Nur fünf Jahre später bedrohte ein in Toulouse abgehaltenes Konzil die neuen Ketzer und ihre Förderer mit Exkommunikation und Kerker.“
  2. „Die Nonne erklärte mir, daß jede von ihnen nur zehn savoyardische Soldi pro Tag erhalten würde; bei Strafe der Exkommunikation dürften sie ohne Wissen der Äbtissin nichts besitzen.“

This word in other languages

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 "Exkommunikation"?
"Exkommunikation" is spelled E-X-K-O-M-M-U-N-I-K-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkskɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Exkommunikation" mean?
As a noun, "Exkommunikation" means: der Ausschluss aus einer kirchlichen Gemeinschaft
How do you pronounce "Exkommunikation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Exkommunikation" is [ɛkskɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Exkommunikation" come from?
"Exkommunikation" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list