kanonisieren
[kanoniˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“kanonisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person heiligsprechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kanonisieren · kanonisieren · German
kanonisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kanonisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kanoniˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kanonisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kanonisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kanoniˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kanonisieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kanonisieren, spelled K-A-N-O-N-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Person heiligsprechen
- 2etwas zum Leitfaden, zur Richtschnur (zum Kanon) machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kanonisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Um Heinrich VI. für seine Prophezeiung dankbar zu sein, ging Heinrich VII. den Papst Julius an, ihn zu kanonisieren; doch entweder wollte er nichts zahlen, oder, wie Bacon meint, der Papst schlug es ab, ‚weil Heinrich in der ganzen Welt für einen einfältigen Mann gegolten hatte, und der Werth der Ehre verringert würde, wenn man keinen Unterschied zwische…
„Entsprechend dem bürgerlichen Wissensstreben – und analog zu der Besichtigung der Waren im Kaufhaus und der Tiere im Zoo – hakte man kanonisierte Sehenswürdigkeiten ab, hielt die Besichtigung in Tagebüchern fest und fügte die Objekte in ein bestehendes Ordnungssystem ein.“
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.