Herabstufung
German, noun/hɛˈʁapˌʃtuːfʊŋ/
Herabstufung is spelled H-E-R-A-B-S-T-U-F-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herabstufung is a German feminine noun meaning “downgrading, downgrade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Herabsetzen auf eine niedrigere Stufe”.
What does Herabstufung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedowngrading, downgrade
- 2
femininedemotion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Herabsetzen auf eine niedrigere Stufe
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Herabstufung
- Herabstufungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Herabstufung?
- /hɛˈʁapˌʃtuːfʊŋ/
- [hɛˈʁapˌʃtuːfʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Herabstufung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Herabstufung in German?
Herabstufung appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).