herabsetzen
[hɛˈʁapˌzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“herabsetzen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,347 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,347
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (einen Wert) geringer machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herabsetzen · herabsetzen · German
herabsetzen · rank #69,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,347
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hemmungslosen
Nearest frequency peer: hemmungslosen (-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 „herabsetzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Heimaturlaub
Heimaturlaub
30,657 corpus weight
- hellgelb
hellgelb
30,656 corpus weight
- hemmungslos…
hemmungslosen
30,655 corpus weight
- herabsetzen
herabsetzen
30,654 corpus weight
- heraufbesch…
heraufbeschwören
30,653 corpus weight
- hergehen
hergehen
30,652 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „herabsetzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herabsetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁapˌzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herabsetzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herabsetzen is uncommon German at frequency #69,347 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁapˌzɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for herabsetzen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is herabsetzen, spelled H-E-R-A-B-S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1(einen Wert) geringer machen
- 2mit Geringschätzung, kränkend behandeln; die Bedeutung oder das Ansehen einer Person oder Sache schmälern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herabsetzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen der geringen Nachfrage hat der Geschäftsführer die Preise herabgesetzt.
In der Versuchskammer setzen die Physiker für das Experiment den Luftdruck herab.
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).