amputieren
[ampuˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“amputieren” is uncommon German (frequency #98,085 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,085
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Teil eines Armes oder eines Beines aus medizinischen Gründen operativ entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-amputieren · amputieren · German
amputieren · rank #98,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,085
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Amphoren
Nearest frequency peer: Amphoren (-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 „amputieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Amorbach
Amorbach
1,918 corpus weight
- Amphoren
Amphoren
1,917 corpus weight
- amputieren
amputieren
1,916 corpus weight
- analytisches
analytisches
1,915 corpus weight
- anberaumten
anberaumten
1,914 corpus weight
- anbricht
anbricht
1,913 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „amputieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amputieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ampuˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „amputieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
amputieren is uncommon German at frequency #98,085 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ampuˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Teil eines Armes oder eines Beines aus medizinischen Gründen operativ entfernen".
No misspelling variants are generated for amputieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 amputieren, spelled A-M-P-U-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Teil eines Armes oder eines Beines aus medizinischen Gründen operativ entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amputieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihm musste ein Bein amputiert werden.
Synonyms
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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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