missbilligen
[mɪsˈbɪlɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“missbilligen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas nicht gut finden und es meist deutlich machen; ein Verhalten oder eine Entscheidung ablehnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-missbilligen · missbilligen · German
missbilligen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | missbilligen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mɪsˈbɪlɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „missbilligen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
missbilligen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [mɪsˈbɪlɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas nicht gut finden und es meist deutlich machen; ein Verhalten oder eine Entscheidung ablehnen".
missbilligen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is missbilligen, spelled M-I-S-S-B-I-L-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas nicht gut finden und es meist deutlich machen; ein Verhalten oder eine Entscheidung ablehnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how missbilligen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir missbilligen diese Entscheidung.
Sein Benehmen wurde missbilligt.
Antonyms
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.