encouragieren
[ɑ̃kuʁaˈʒiːʁən]
The verdict
“encouragieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden zu etwas ermutigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-encouragieren · encouragieren · German
encouragieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | encouragieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɑ̃kuʁaˈʒiːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „encouragieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
encouragieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɑ̃kuʁaˈʒiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden zu etwas ermutigen".
encouragieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is encouragieren, spelled E-N-C-O-U-R-A-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden zu etwas ermutigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encouragieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit einiger Plausibilität dürfte sich sogar nachweisen lassen, dass erst die Kompromittierung der Folter dazu encouragierte, auch ihr Korsett, die gesetzliche Beweistheorie, aufzuschnüren.
Er war mehrmals mit gezogenem Säbel an der Spitze von Kavallerie und Infanterie in den Feind eingedrungen, er encouragierte die Leute und rief: »Es lebe der König«, indem er den Säbel schwang.
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.