Kolonisierung
[koloniˈziːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Kolonisierung” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,397 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,397
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handlung (und ihr Ergebnis), fremdes Gebiet widerrechtlich in Besitz nehmen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kolonisierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koloniˈziːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #67,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kolonisierung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kolonisierung is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koloniˈziːʁʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,397 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Kolonisierung has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Kolonisierung, spelled K-O-L-O-N-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung (und ihr Ergebnis), fremdes Gebiet widerrechtlich in Besitz nehmen
- 2Handlung (und ihr Ergebnis), rückständiges Gebiet erschließen
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kolonisierung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-L-O-N-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koloniˈziːʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.