disziplinieren

[dɪst͡sipliˈniːʁən]

/[dɪst͡sipliˈniːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“disziplinieren” is uncommon German (frequency #96,847 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,847
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden zur Ordnung erziehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-disziplinieren · disziplinieren · German

disziplinieren · rank #96,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,847
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Diskuswerfer

Nearest frequency peer: Diskuswerfer (-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 „disziplinieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for disziplinieren
PropertyValue
Headworddisziplinieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dɪst͡sipliˈniːʁən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#96,847
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „disziplinieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.disziplinierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Diskuswerfer“ (#96,846), „Dogmatiker“ (#96,848), „Direktionen“ (#96,845). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „disziplinieren“ bei #96,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

disziplinieren is uncommon German at frequency #96,847 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [dɪst͡sipliˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden zur Ordnung erziehen".

No misspelling variants are generated for disziplinieren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is disziplinieren, spelled D-I-S-Z-I-P-L-I-N-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden zur Ordnung erziehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nach der Unruhe versuchte der Lehrer die Schüler zu disziplinieren.
  2. Zu den beliebten disziplinierenden Maßnahmen gehörte früher das Fernsehverbot.

This word in other languages

discipline(English)disciplinar(Español)

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 "disziplinieren"?
"disziplinieren" is spelled D-I-S-Z-I-P-L-I-N-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [dɪst͡sipliˈniːʁən].
What does "disziplinieren" mean?
As a verb, "disziplinieren" means: jemanden zur Ordnung erziehen
How do you pronounce "disziplinieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disziplinieren" is [dɪst͡sipliˈniːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disziplinieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dreiundzwanzig#96,858einzuschleusen#96,895Energiebedarfs#96,905byzantinischer#96,780

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list