klonieren
[kloˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“klonieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - genau eine Zelle entnehmen und mit ihr weiterarbeiten; Kopien eines DNA-Stücks herstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-klonieren · klonieren · German
klonieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | klonieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kloˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „klonieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
klonieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kloˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "genau eine Zelle entnehmen und mit ihr weiterarbeiten; Kopien eines DNA-Stücks herstellen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for klonieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is klonieren, spelled K-L-O-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1genau eine Zelle entnehmen und mit ihr weiterarbeiten; Kopien eines DNA-Stücks herstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how klonieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„War es möglich, archäologische Funde zu beproben und DNA zu extrahieren, vielleicht sogar zu klonieren und zu sequenzieren?“
„Künstliche Hefechromosomen (YAC, yeast artificial chromosomes) bieten die Möglichkeit, DNA-Fragmente bis zu einer Größe von zwei Megabasen zu klonieren.“
Synonyms
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.