emanzipieren
[emant͡siˈpiːʁən]
The verdict
“emanzipieren” is an uncommon German word, ranked #74,521 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #74,521
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich selbstständig, unabhängig machen; sich aus der Diskriminierung und/oder Abhängigkeit lösen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emanzipieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [emant͡siˈpiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “emanzipieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for emanzipieren is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [emant͡siˈpiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,521 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
emanzipieren has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 emanzipieren, spelled E-M-A-N-Z-I-P-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich selbstständig, unabhängig machen; sich aus der Diskriminierung und/oder Abhängigkeit lösen
- 2jemanden selbstständig, unabhängig machen; jemanden aus der Diskriminierung und/oder Abhängigkeit lösen
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “emanzipieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-M-A-N-Z-I-P-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [emant͡siˈpiːʁən] (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
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.