Okkupation
[ɔkupaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Okkupation” is uncommon German (frequency #56,402 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,402
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - militärische Besetzung eines fremden Gebietes, bei der die Ausübung der Staatsgewalt für die Dauer der Okkupation von der vorhandenen auf die fremde Macht übergeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-okkupation · Okkupation · German
Okkupation · rank #56,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,402
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Objektives
Nearest frequency peer: Objektives (-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 „Okkupation“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Obergrenzen
Obergrenzen
43,602 corpus weight
- Oberkante
Oberkante
43,601 corpus weight
- Objektives
Objektives
43,600 corpus weight
- Okkupation
Okkupation
43,599 corpus weight
- olympischer
olympischer
43,598 corpus weight
- Onyx
Onyx
43,597 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Okkupation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Okkupation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔkupaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Okkupation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Okkupation is uncommon German at frequency #56,402 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔkupaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Okkupation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Okkupation, spelled O-K-K-U-P-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1militärische Besetzung eines fremden Gebietes, bei der die Ausübung der Staatsgewalt für die Dauer der Okkupation von der vorhandenen auf die fremde Macht übergeht
- 2Begründung der Gebietshoheit auf bisher herrschaftslosem Gebiet
- 3Aneignung herrenlosen Gutes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Okkupation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In den darauf folgenden 50 Jahren der japanischen Okkupation hörten die Einwohner Taiwans niemals mit ihrem Kampf gegen Japan und für die Wiedervereinigung mit dem Vaterland auf.
„Im Fall der Okkupation eines Landes muss irgendjemand die Initiative ergreifen.“
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); 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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