arrestieren
[ˌaʁɛsˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“arrestieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden mit Arrest belegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-arrestieren · arrestieren · German
arrestieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | arrestieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌaʁɛsˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „arrestieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
arrestieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌaʁɛsˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden mit Arrest belegen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arrestieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is arrestieren, spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden mit Arrest belegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arrestieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einer der Männer war ein alter Bekannter. Er gehörte zu den insgesamt 73 mutmaßlichen Seeräubern, welche die Niederländer im Verlauf ihrer Mission schon einmal arrestiert hatten.“
„Dort wurde er [Conrad Ahlers] 1962 über Nacht weltweit bekannt, als seine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Verteidigungskonzeption der Bundesregierung („Bedingt abwehrbereit") die Spiegel-Affäre auslöste und Franz Josef Strauß ihn in Malaga arrestieren ließ.“
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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.