Generalisierung
[ɡenəʁaliˈziːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Generalisierung” is uncommon German (frequency #70,305 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,305
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Formulieren einer allgemeinen Aussage über etwas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Generalisierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡenəʁaliˈziːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #70,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Generalisierung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Generalisierung is uncommon German at frequency #70,305 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡenəʁaliˈziːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Generalisierung, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Generalisierung, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Formulieren einer allgemeinen Aussage über etwas
- 2Ausbreitung einer Krankheit auf den ganzen Körper
- 3Vereinfachung geographischer Daten zur besseren Lesbarkeit und Verständlichkeit einer Karte
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Generalisierung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.