deportieren

[depɔʁˈtiːʁən]

/[depɔʁˈtiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“deportieren” is uncommon German (frequency #87,584 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,584
frequency rank, German
45,632
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden gegen seinen Willen, unter Zwang, an einen anderen Ort transportieren

Key facts for deportieren
PropertyValue
Headworddeportieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[depɔʁˈtiːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,584
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “deportieren” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). deportieren lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deportieren is uncommon German at frequency #87,584 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [depɔʁˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden gegen seinen Willen, unter Zwang, an einen anderen Ort transportieren".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deportieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is deportieren, spelled D-E-P-O-R-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden gegen seinen Willen, unter Zwang, an einen anderen Ort transportieren

Synonyms

verbannenverschleppen

This word in other languages

deport(English)déporter(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 "deportieren"?
"deportieren" is spelled D-E-P-O-R-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [depɔʁˈtiːʁən].
What does "deportieren" mean?
As a verb, "deportieren" means: jemanden gegen seinen Willen, unter Zwang, an einen anderen Ort transportieren
How do you pronounce "deportieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deportieren" is [depɔʁˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deportieren" come from?
"deportieren" 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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Using “deportieren”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is D-E-P-O-R-T-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [depɔʁˈtiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list