Prokrastination
[ˌpʁokʁastinaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Prokrastination” is uncommon German (frequency #88,157 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,157
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhalten, unangenehme, jedoch notwendige Arbeiten und Entscheidungen aufzuschieben
Corpus desk
Index DE-prokrastination · Prokrastination · German
Prokrastination · rank #88,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,157
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH projektiert
Nearest frequency peer: projektiert (-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 „Prokrastination“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- problematis…
problematisches
11,848 corpus weight
- Programmcode
Programmcode
11,846 corpus weight
- projektiert
projektiert
11,845 corpus weight
- Prokrastina…
Prokrastination
11,844 corpus weight
- Prophetie
Prophetie
11,843 corpus weight
- Prosperität
Prosperität
11,841 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Prokrastination“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prokrastination |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpʁokʁastinaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #88,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Prokrastination“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Prokrastination is uncommon German at frequency #88,157 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌpʁokʁastinaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten, unangenehme, jedoch notwendige Arbeiten und Entscheidungen aufzuschieben".
Prokrastination has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Prokrastination, spelled P-R-O-K-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Verhalten, unangenehme, jedoch notwendige Arbeiten und Entscheidungen aufzuschieben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prokrastination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erst wenn die Aufschieberitis chronisch wird und jemand gewohnheitsmäßig Aufgaben vertagt, die eigentlich erledigt werden müssen, spricht man von Prokrastination.
Seit etwa 15 Jahren nehmen sich Psychologie und Psychiatrie immer mehr dieses Themas an – eigentlich erstaunlich spät für ein Phänomen, das bereits seit dem 16. Jahrhundert einen Namen hat: Prokrastination.
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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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