attestieren

[atɛsˈtiːʁən]

/[atɛsˈtiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“attestieren” is uncommon German (frequency #61,294 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,294
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas bescheinigen, jemandem etwas zugestehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-attestieren · attestieren · German

attestieren · rank #61,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,294
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Attentaten

Nearest frequency peer: Attentaten (-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 „attestieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for attestieren
PropertyValue
Headwordattestieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[atɛsˈtiːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „attestieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Attentaten“ (#61,293), „audiovisuelle“ (#61,295), „assembly“ (#61,292). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „attestieren“ bei #61,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

attestieren is uncommon German at frequency #61,294 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [atɛsˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for attestieren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 attestieren, spelled A-T-T-E-S-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas bescheinigen, jemandem etwas zugestehen
  2. 2
    jemandem eine Attestation ausstellen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts wird Berlin nun schon attestiert, immer zu werden, aber niemals zu sein.
  2. Welche Information der Arzt benötigt, um eine krankheitsbedingte Arbeitsunfähigkeit zu attestieren, hängt von der Art der festgestellten Erkrankung ab (…).

Synonyms

bezeugenbescheinigenkonzedierenquittierentestierenzugestehen

Antonyms

absprechenverneinen

This word in other languages

certify(English)atestar(Español)certifier(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 "attestieren"?
"attestieren" is spelled A-T-T-E-S-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [atɛsˈtiːʁən].
What does "attestieren" mean?
As a verb, "attestieren" means: etwas bescheinigen, jemandem etwas zugestehen
How do you pronounce "attestieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attestieren" is [atɛsˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attestieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

argwöhnisch#61,287Appenzeller#61,283ausreichten#61,311angefangene#61,270

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list