innovieren

[ɪnoˈviːʁən]

/[ɪnoˈviːʁən]/ verb

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.

Key facts for innovieren
PropertyValue
Headwordinnovieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɪnoˈviːʁən]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „innovieren“ im Deutschen

innovierenliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    etwas Neues, das positive Veränderungen verspricht, einführen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "innovieren"?
"innovieren" is spelled I-N-N-O-V-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnoˈviːʁən].
What does "innovieren" mean?
As a verb, "innovieren" means: etwas Neues, das positive Veränderungen verspricht, einführen
How do you pronounce "innovieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "innovieren" is [ɪnoˈviːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "innovieren" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list