exzerpieren
[ɛkst͡sɛʁˈpiːʁən]
The verdict
“exzerpieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Exzerpt anfertigen; etwas aus einem Buch oder aus einem Dokument herausziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-exzerpieren · exzerpieren · German
exzerpieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | exzerpieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛkst͡sɛʁˈpiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exzerpieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exzerpieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛkst͡sɛʁˈpiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Exzerpt anfertigen; etwas aus einem Buch oder aus einem Dokument herausziehen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for exzerpieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 exzerpieren, spelled E-X-Z-E-R-P-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Exzerpt anfertigen; etwas aus einem Buch oder aus einem Dokument herausziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exzerpieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Wahrheit siechte Seume dahin, schrieb zwischen den geliebten Toten aus dem alten Griechenland seine Autobiographie, exzerpierte Plutarch und notierte Aphorismen, von denen er schon ahnte, dass sie apokryph bleiben würden.“
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.