agitate
[ædʒɪteɪt]
The verdict
“agitate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hin und her bewegen, schütteln, rühren, umrühren
Corpus desk
Index DE-agitate · agitate · German
agitate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | agitate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ædʒɪteɪt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „agitate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
agitate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ædʒɪteɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for agitate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 agitate, spelled A-G-I-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1hin und her bewegen, schütteln, rühren, umrühren
- 2beunruhigen, aufregen, erregen
- 3aufwiegeln
- 4erwägen, lebhaft erörtern
- 5agitieren, wühlen, hetzen, Propaganda machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agitate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Peppino soaped Hannibal carefully until he was a mass of white lather; then he placed him gently in the pool, and kept him from returning to the shore by the aid of a long branch. "Walk about, then; walk! Agitate thyself," he said, pressing him softly with the twigs."
""Sh-h, don't be agitated, mother dear, I beg of you," he replied with tender emphasis."
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.