instigieren
[ɪnstiˈɡiːʁən]
The verdict
“instigieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden, etwas zu einer Handlung bewegen, dazu bringen, etwas zu tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-instigieren · instigieren · German
instigieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | instigieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪnstiˈɡiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „instigieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
instigieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnstiˈɡiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden, etwas zu einer Handlung bewegen, dazu bringen, etwas zu tun".
instigieren has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is instigieren, spelled I-N-S-T-I-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden, etwas zu einer Handlung bewegen, dazu bringen, etwas zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how instigieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Armee gab an, keine Gewalt eingesetzt zu haben – diese sei von einer dritten Partei instigiert worden.“
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.