approximieren
[apʁɔksiˈmiːʁən]
The verdict
“approximieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - annähern; eine Approximation vornehmen
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Index DE-approximieren · approximieren · German
approximieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | approximieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apʁɔksiˈmiːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „approximieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
approximieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [apʁɔksiˈmiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "annähern; eine Approximation vornehmen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for approximieren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 approximieren, spelled A-P-P-R-O-X-I-M-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1annähern; eine Approximation vornehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how approximieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch eine Division der Zahl 22 durch den Teiler 7 kann die Zahl Pi approximiert werden.
Besonders hervorzuheben ist das von Archimedes entwickelte Verfahren, die Kreisfläche durch das Ein- und Umschreiben eines regelmäßigen Vielecks zu approximieren.
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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.