Kommemoration
[kɔmemoʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Kommemoration” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - die Erwähnung eines Heiligen zum Andenken in der Heiligen Messe
Corpus desk
Index DE-kommemoration · Kommemoration · German
Kommemoration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kommemoration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔmemoʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kommemoration“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kommemoration is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmemoʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Erwähnung eines Heiligen zum Andenken in der Heiligen Messe".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kommemoration, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kommemoration, spelled K-O-M-M-E-M-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1die Erwähnung eines Heiligen zum Andenken in der Heiligen Messe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kommemoration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„3. Während der Oktav wird die Messe feierlich gehalten mit zwei Altardienern, Diakon und Subdiakon, und Weihrauch wird verwendet zur Opferung. Nichts wird von irgendeinem Heiligen genommen, wenn nicht in der Diözese etwas [anderes] befolgt wird, auch nicht die Kommemoration eines Festes mit drei Lesungen an allen drei Ostertagen. An den übrigen Tagen abe…
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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.