balancieren

[balɑ̃ˈsiːʁən]

/[balɑ̃ˈsiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“balancieren” is uncommon German (frequency #55,162 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,162
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hilfsverb haben:

Corpus desk

Index DE-balancieren · balancieren · German

balancieren · rank #55,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,162
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bakteriellen

Nearest frequency peer: bakteriellen (-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 „balancieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for balancieren
PropertyValue
Headwordbalancieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[balɑ̃ˈsiːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „balancieren“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).balancierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bakteriellen“ (#55,161), „barbarischen“ (#55,163), „bahnbrechenden“ (#55,160). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „balancieren“ bei #55,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

balancieren is uncommon German at frequency #55,162 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [balɑ̃ˈsiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for balancieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is balancieren, spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hilfsverb haben:
  2. 2
    etwas im Gleichgewicht halten
  3. 3
    Hilfsverb sein:
  4. 4
    sich auf einer schmalen Fläche fortbewegen oder stehen und dabei das Gleichgewicht halten oder es zu halten versuchen
  5. 5
    sich auf unebenem Gelände bewegen und dabei das Gleichgewicht nur mit Mühe halten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Am nächsten Morgen balancierte ich das Rad zu Theo, meinem Fahrradhändler.“
  2. Sie hat einen Krug auf ihrem Kopf balanciert.

This word in other languages

balance(English)balancer(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 "balancieren"?
"balancieren" is spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [balɑ̃ˈsiːʁən].
What does "balancieren" mean?
As a verb, "balancieren" means: Hilfsverb haben:
How do you pronounce "balancieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balancieren" is [balɑ̃ˈsiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balancieren" come from?
"balancieren" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bauernhöfen#55,166ausstrecken#55,152ausschaltet#55,149ausbreitete#55,146

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list