alterieren
[altəˈʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“alterieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - sich aufregen, sich ärgern, sich erregen
Corpus desk
Index DE-alterieren · alterieren · German
alterieren · 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 "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 | alterieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [altəˈʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „alterieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
alterieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [altəˈʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alterieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is alterieren, spelled A-L-T-E-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich aufregen, sich ärgern, sich erregen
- 2abändern, verändern
- 3einen Ton um einen Halbtonschritt erhöhen oder senken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alterieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So alteriert Euch doch bitte nicht!
Dieser Umstand ist durch nichts mehr zu alterieren.
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.