innovieren
[ɪnoˈviːʁən]
The verdict
“innovieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Neues, das positive Veränderungen verspricht, einführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-innovieren · innovieren · German
innovieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | innovieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪnoˈviːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „innovieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
innovieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnoˈviːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas Neues, das positive Veränderungen verspricht, einführen".
innovieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is innovieren, spelled I-N-N-O-V-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Neues, das positive Veränderungen verspricht, einführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how innovieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Vergleich zu dem atemberaubenden Tempo, in dem amerikanische Blätter in den achtziger Jahren innoviert und experimentiert haben, nehmen sich deutsche Tageszeitungen selbst in jenen Großstädten eher schlafmützig aus, wo noch Wettbewerbsdruck herrscht.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.