designieren
[dezɪˈɡniːʁən]
The verdict
“designieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voraus ernennen, bezeichnen, vorsehen, bestimmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-designieren · designieren · German
designieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | designieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dezɪˈɡniːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „designieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
designieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dezɪˈɡniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "voraus ernennen, bezeichnen, vorsehen, bestimmen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for designieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is designieren, spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1voraus ernennen, bezeichnen, vorsehen, bestimmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how designieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Noch vor der Amtsübergabe wurde er zum Präsidenten designiert.
This word in other languages
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.