internieren
[ɪntɐˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“internieren” 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) - politische Gegner in Lager einsperren
Corpus desk
Index DE-internieren · internieren · German
internieren · 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 | internieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪntɐˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „internieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
internieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪntɐˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "politische Gegner in Lager einsperren".
Zero misspellings are on record for internieren in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is internieren, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1politische Gegner in Lager einsperren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how internieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Guantanamo sind viele Menschen interniert.
Synonyms
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.