exkommunizieren
[ɛkskɔmuniˈt͡siːʁən]
The verdict
“exkommunizieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus der kirchlichen Gemeinschaft der Gläubigen ausschließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-exkommunizieren · exkommunizieren · German
exkommunizieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | exkommunizieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛkskɔmuniˈt͡siːʁən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exkommunizieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exkommunizieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛkskɔmuniˈt͡siːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus der kirchlichen Gemeinschaft der Gläubigen ausschließen".
Zero misspellings are on record for exkommunizieren in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is exkommunizieren, spelled E-X-K-O-M-M-U-N-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus der kirchlichen Gemeinschaft der Gläubigen ausschließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exkommunizieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kirche exkommuniziert den König.
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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.