inhalieren

[ɪnhaˈliːʁən]

/[ɪnhaˈliːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“inhalieren” is uncommon German (frequency #56,237 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,237
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transitiv:

Corpus desk

Index DE-inhalieren · inhalieren · German

inhalieren · rank #56,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,237
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH informier

Nearest frequency peer: informier (-2 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 „inhalieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „inhalieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inhalieren
PropertyValue
Headwordinhalieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɪnhaˈliːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „inhalieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.inhalierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „informier“ (#56,235), „Inspektoren“ (#56,239), „informativer“ (#56,234). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „inhalieren“ bei #56,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inhalieren is uncommon German at frequency #56,237 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnhaˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inhalieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 inhalieren, spelled I-N-H-A-L-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    transitiv:
  2. 2
    (etwas) einatmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how inhalieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er inhalierte zu viel Rauch und starb an den Folgen einer Vergiftung.
  2. Jeder erinnert sich an Bill Clintons Satz, er habe Joints nicht inhaliert. Obama daraufhin: „Klar hab' ich inhaliert, das war ja gerade der Punkt.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inhalieren"?
"inhalieren" is spelled I-N-H-A-L-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnhaˈliːʁən].
What does "inhalieren" mean?
As a verb, "inhalieren" means: transitiv:
How do you pronounce "inhalieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inhalieren" is [ɪnhaˈliːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inhalieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inhalieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list