dilatieren
[dilaˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“dilatieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (ein Gefäß) aufweiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-dilatieren · dilatieren · German
dilatieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | dilatieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dilaˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dilatieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dilatieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dilaˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(ein Gefäß) aufweiten".
No misspelling variants are generated for dilatieren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is dilatieren, spelled D-I-L-A-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1(ein Gefäß) aufweiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dilatieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vermutlich reicht es, die Koronargefäße zu dilatieren, und wir können uns einen Bypass sparen.
Synonyms
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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.