genieren
[ʒeˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“genieren” is uncommon German (frequency #97,043 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,043
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Situation, die man selbst beeinflusst hat, als unangenehm empfinden und sich deshalb in ihr unwohl fühlen
Corpus desk
Index DE-genieren · genieren · German
genieren · rank #97,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,043
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Generalität
Nearest frequency peer: Generalität (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „genieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gemeindepfa…
Gemeindepfarrer
2,961 corpus weight
- Generalgouv…
Generalgouvernement
2,960 corpus weight
- Generalität
Generalität
2,959 corpus weight
- genieren
genieren
2,958 corpus weight
- Genpool
Genpool
2,957 corpus weight
- Genusses
Genusses
2,955 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „genieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʒeˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „genieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
genieren is uncommon German at frequency #97,043 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʒeˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for genieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is genieren, spelled G-E-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Situation, die man selbst beeinflusst hat, als unangenehm empfinden und sich deshalb in ihr unwohl fühlen
- 2jemand anderen auf unangenehme Weise belästigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich geniere mich für mein Verhalten.
„Und darüber Regen und Regen, ein feiner dünner Regen, der niemanden genierte, unter plötzlich aufgespannten Schirmen ging das Lachen heftiger weiter.“
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); 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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