herunterstufen
[hɛˈʁʊntɐˌʃtuːfn̩]
The verdict
“herunterstufen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - niedriger einstufen, jemanden oder etwas in eine niedrigere Bewertungsklasse einordnen
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Index DE-herunterstufen · herunterstufen · German
herunterstufen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | herunterstufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊntɐˌʃtuːfn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herunterstufen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herunterstufen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊntɐˌʃtuːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "niedriger einstufen, jemanden oder etwas in eine niedrigere Bewertungsklasse einordnen".
herunterstufen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is herunterstufen, spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-S-T-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1niedriger einstufen, jemanden oder etwas in eine niedrigere Bewertungsklasse einordnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herunterstufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nachdem die Krise mit Problemen am US-Immobilienmarkt ausbrach, wurden die Noten rasch heruntergestuft - und die Krise dadurch noch verstärkt.“
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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.