konfiszieren

[kɔnfɪsˈt͡siːʁən]

/[kɔnfɪsˈt͡siːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“konfiszieren” is uncommon German (frequency #76,979 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,979
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas einziehen, beschlagnahmen (von Staats wegen, gerichtlich)

Corpus desk

Index DE-konfiszieren · konfiszieren · German

konfiszieren · rank #76,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,979
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Komparsen

Nearest frequency peer: Komparsen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „konfiszieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „konfiszieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for konfiszieren
PropertyValue
Headwordkonfiszieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kɔnfɪsˈt͡siːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#76,979
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „konfiszieren“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).konfiszierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Komparsen“ (#76,978), „Kongressabgeordnete“ (#76,981), „kolossal“ (#76,976). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „konfiszieren“ bei #76,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

konfiszieren is uncommon German at frequency #76,979 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kɔnfɪsˈt͡siːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas einziehen, beschlagnahmen (von Staats wegen, gerichtlich)".

No misspelling variants are generated for konfiszieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is konfiszieren, spelled K-O-N-F-I-S-Z-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas einziehen, beschlagnahmen (von Staats wegen, gerichtlich)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how konfiszieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nach der Tat konfiszierte die Polizei die Tatwaffe.
  2. Seit Ende Mai konfiszierte die Polizei von etwa 700 betrunkenen Lenkern das Fahrzeug.

Synonyms

beschlagnahmen

This word in other languages

confiscate(English)confiscar(Español)confisquer(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "konfiszieren"?
"konfiszieren" is spelled K-O-N-F-I-S-Z-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnfɪsˈt͡siːʁən].
What does "konfiszieren" mean?
As a verb, "konfiszieren" means: etwas einziehen, beschlagnahmen (von Staats wegen, gerichtlich)
How do you pronounce "konfiszieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "konfiszieren" is [kɔnfɪsˈt͡siːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "konfiszieren" come from?
"konfiszieren" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "konfiszieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

klitzekleine#76,973koreanischer#76,987Kleinstaaten#76,970Klassenfeind#76,965

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list