Reparation
[ʁepaʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Reparation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine in einem Krieg Besiegten oder Unterlegenen auferlegte Geld-, Sach- oder Arbeitsleistungen als Wiedergutmachung von Kriegsschäden
Corpus desk
Index DE-reparation · Reparation · German
Reparation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Reparation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁepaʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Reparation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Reparation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁepaʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine in einem Krieg Besiegten oder Unterlegenen auferlegte Geld-, Sach- oder Arbeitsleistungen als Wiedergutmachung von Kriegsschäden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Reparation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Reparation, spelled R-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1eine in einem Krieg Besiegten oder Unterlegenen auferlegte Geld-, Sach- oder Arbeitsleistungen als Wiedergutmachung von Kriegsschäden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Reparation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf Grund des Kriegsschuldartikels 231 des Versailler Vertrages musste Deutschland nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Reparationen zahlen.
„Repressalien und Reparationen wurden zu Worten des Alltags.“
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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.