autorisieren
[aʊ̯toʁiˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“autorisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden mit einer Vollmacht ausstatten
Corpus desk
Index DE-autorisieren · autorisieren · German
autorisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | autorisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʊ̯toʁiˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „autorisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
autorisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯toʁiˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for autorisieren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is autorisieren, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden mit einer Vollmacht ausstatten
- 2etwas seine Genehmigung erteilen, etwas für berechtigt erklären
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autorisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich autorisiere dich, etwas zu tun.
Gleich nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 hat George Bush seinen Geheimdienst autorisiert, die wichtigsten Mitglieder von al-Qaida irgendwo in der Ferne zu verhören.
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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.