Grammatikalisierung
German, noun/ɡʁamatɪkaliˈziːʁʊŋ/
Grammatikalisierung is spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-T-I-K-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G (19 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grammatikalisierung is a German feminine noun meaning “grammaticalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verwendung eines sprachlichen Ausdrucks für grammatische Zwecke (Morphologie, Syntax), der zuvor keine…”.
What does Grammatikalisierung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrammaticalization
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verwendung eines sprachlichen Ausdrucks für grammatische Zwecke (Morphologie, Syntax), der zuvor keine derartigen Funktionen hatte.
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Grammatikalisierung
- Grammatikalisierungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grammatikalisierung?
- /ɡʁamatɪkaliˈziːʁʊŋ/
- [ɡʁamatɪkaliˈziːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grammatikalisierung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grammatikalisierung in German?
Grammatikalisierung appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).