generalisieren
[ɡenəʁaliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“generalisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine allgemeine Aussage über etwas treffen, etwas verallgemeinern
Corpus desk
Index DE-generalisieren · generalisieren · German
generalisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | generalisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡenəʁaliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „generalisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
generalisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡenəʁaliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine allgemeine Aussage über etwas treffen, etwas verallgemeinern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for generalisieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 generalisieren, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine allgemeine Aussage über etwas treffen, etwas verallgemeinern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how generalisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn ein Politiker etwas als „die Mutter aller Probleme“ bezeichnet, dann generalisiert er in unzulässiger Weise.
Man kann generalisieren und sagen: die Deutschen sind zu fett geworden.
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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.