exploitieren
[ɛksplo̯aˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“exploitieren” 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) - Arbeitskraft, Fähigkeit, Wissen: ausnutzen, ausbeuten, aus den Vorzügen einer anderen Person oder Sache Gewinn ziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-exploitieren · exploitieren · German
exploitieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | exploitieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛksplo̯aˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exploitieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exploitieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛksplo̯aˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exploitieren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 exploitieren, spelled E-X-P-L-O-I-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Arbeitskraft, Fähigkeit, Wissen: ausnutzen, ausbeuten, aus den Vorzügen einer anderen Person oder Sache Gewinn ziehen
- 2Bodenschätze, Rohstoffe, Energie: nutzbar machen, erzeugen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exploitieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Höchstens darin, daß ich mich ein wenig außerhalb der Zunftordnung bewege, indem ich die wunderbare Begabung eines ungelernten exploitiere und seine Fähigkeit als meine eigne ausgebe.“
„Der Wucher wie der Handel exploitieren eine gegebne Produktionsweise, schaffen sie nicht, verhalten sich äusserlich zu ihr.“
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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.