herabwürdigen
[hɛˈʁapˌvʏʁdɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“herabwürdigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person schlecht behandeln, abwerten; schlecht über eine Leistung reden
Corpus desk
Index DE-herabwurdigen · herabwürdigen · German
herabwürdigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | herabwürdigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁapˌvʏʁdɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herabwürdigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herabwürdigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁapˌvʏʁdɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Person schlecht behandeln, abwerten; schlecht über eine Leistung reden".
herabwürdigen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is herabwürdigen, spelled H-E-R-A-B-W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Person schlecht behandeln, abwerten; schlecht über eine Leistung reden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herabwürdigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hat ihre Assistentin in aller Öffentlichkeit herabgewürdigt.
Ich möchte ja nicht ihre Leistungen herabwürdigen, aber Ihre Kollegen zeigen deutlich mehr Engagement.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.