assimilieren

[asimiˈliːʁən]

/[asimiˈliːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“assimilieren” is uncommon German (frequency #70,012 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,012
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anpassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-assimilieren · assimilieren · German

assimilieren · rank #70,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,012
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH asphaltierten

Nearest frequency peer: asphaltierten (-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 „assimilieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „assimilieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assimilieren
PropertyValue
Headwordassimilieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[asimiˈliːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,012
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „assimilieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).assimilierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „asphaltierten“ (#70,011), „atemberaubender“ (#70,014), „ASEAN“ (#70,009). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „assimilieren“ bei #70,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assimilieren is uncommon German at frequency #70,012 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [asimiˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for assimilieren 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 assimilieren, spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    anpassen
  2. 2
    sich angleichen
  3. 3
    das Angleichen eines Segmentes in bestimmten Merkmalen an andere Segmente
  4. 4
    körperfremde Stoffe aufnehmen und in körpereigene Stoffe überführen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how assimilieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Den häufig gebrauchten Wörtern gelingt es in der Regel, sich zu assimilieren. (www.spiegel.de)
  2. Lebende Zellen assimilieren Nährstoffe durch das Umwandeln dieser in körpereigenes Material.

Synonyms

aufnehmenangleichenanpasseneinfügeneingliederneinordnenintegrieren

Antonyms

dissimilieren

This word in other languages

assimilate(English)asimilar(Español)assimiler(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assimilieren"?
"assimilieren" is spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [asimiˈliːʁən].
What does "assimilieren" mean?
As a verb, "assimilieren" means: anpassen
How do you pronounce "assimilieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assimilieren" is [asimiˈliːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assimilieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assimilieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aufbauarbeit#70,015auffallenden#70,018Auflockerung#70,025angestrichen#69,986

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list