flektieren
[flɛkˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“flektieren” 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) - ein Wort beugen; Oberbegriff für deklinieren und konjugieren (transitiver Gebrauch)
Corpus desk
Index DE-flektieren · flektieren · German
flektieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | flektieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [flɛkˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „flektieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
flektieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [flɛkˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for flektieren in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is flektieren, spelled F-L-E-K-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Wort beugen; Oberbegriff für deklinieren und konjugieren (transitiver Gebrauch)
- 2[von Wörtern] eine grammatische Form bilden (intransitiver Gebrauch)
- 3besonders in der Sprachtypologie bezeichnet flektieren eine spezielle Form der Flexion, die unter anderem durch Wechsel des Stammvokals und zum Teil auch der Konsonanten gekennzeichnet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flektieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Deutschen werden Adjektive nach Kasus, Numerus und Genus flektiert, Verben nach Person, Numerus, Tempus und Modus.
Imperativformen sind semifinit, weil sie nur nach einer Kategorie, dem Numerus, flektieren.
Synonyms
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.