dispensieren
[dɪspɛnˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“dispensieren” 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 (zeitweise) von seinen Pflichten/von einer Sache entbinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-dispensieren · dispensieren · German
dispensieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | dispensieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dɪspɛnˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dispensieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dispensieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dɪspɛnˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden (zeitweise) von seinen Pflichten/von einer Sache entbinden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dispensieren, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dispensieren, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden (zeitweise) von seinen Pflichten/von einer Sache entbinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dispensieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen seiner Erkrankung ist er vom Turnen dispensiert.
„Die Erfüllung des Rituals dispensierte von der Strafverfolgung, denn durch den Vollzug wurden die Bande mit der Götterwelt geknüpft und erneuert.“
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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.