approve
[əˈpɹuːv]
The verdict
“approve” 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) - akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-approve · approve · German
approve · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | approve |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əˈpɹuːv] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „approve“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
approve is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əˈpɹuːv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for approve in our index, 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is approve, spelled A-P-P-R-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how approve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.