exhumieren
[ɛkshuˈmiːʁən]
The verdict
“exhumieren” 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) - einen beerdigten Leichnam wieder ausgraben
Corpus desk
Index DE-exhumieren · exhumieren · German
exhumieren · 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 "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 | exhumieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛkshuˈmiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exhumieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exhumieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛkshuˈmiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen beerdigten Leichnam wieder ausgraben".
Zero misspellings are on record for exhumieren in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is exhumieren, spelled E-X-H-U-M-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen beerdigten Leichnam wieder ausgraben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exhumieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erst 1999 durfte der tote Kirchenmann in seine Gemeinde zurückkehren: Erzbischof Jorge Mario Bergoglio ließ Mugicas Leichnam exhumieren, in einer feierlichen Prozession wurde er in die Villa 31 überführt, Bergoglio ging hinter dem Sarg her.“
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.