kompromittieren
[kɔmpʁomɪˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“kompromittieren” is uncommon German (frequency #97,249 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,249
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden bloßstellen; in Verlegenheit bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kompromittieren · kompromittieren · German
kompromittieren · rank #97,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,249
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH komprimierter
Nearest frequency peer: komprimierter (-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 „kompromittieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kommandieren
kommandieren
2,755 corpus weight
- Kommunikati…
Kommunikationsfähigkeit
2,754 corpus weight
- komprimiert…
komprimierter
2,753 corpus weight
- kompromitti…
kompromittieren
2,752 corpus weight
- Kontaktliste
Kontaktliste
2,750 corpus weight
- Konzernzent…
Konzernzentrale
2,749 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kompromittieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kompromittieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɔmpʁomɪˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #97,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kompromittieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kompromittieren is uncommon German at frequency #97,249 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kɔmpʁomɪˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kompromittieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kompromittieren, spelled K-O-M-P-R-O-M-I-T-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden bloßstellen; in Verlegenheit bringen
- 2ein System manipulieren, angreifen, stören; besonders ein Datenbanksystem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kompromittieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Machthaber leugnen jede Verbindung zu diesen Mordwellen und verschanzen sich hinter der Behauptung, diese Morde würden sie mehr kompromittieren als die dissidentischen Taten der Ermordeten.
In den Feuilletons ging es zuletzt tagelang darum, ob Jürgen Habermas vor Jahren einen Zettel verschluckt habe, der ihn hätte kompromittieren können.
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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