konstatieren

[kɔnstaˈtiːʁən]

/[kɔnstaˈtiːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“konstatieren” is uncommon German (frequency #51,472 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,472
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Tatsache feststellen, bemerken

Corpus desk

Index DE-konstatieren · konstatieren · German

konstatieren · rank #51,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,472
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Konglomerat

Nearest frequency peer: Konglomerat (-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 „konstatieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for konstatieren
PropertyValue
Headwordkonstatieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kɔnstaˈtiːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#51,472
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „konstatieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).konstatierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Konglomerat“ (#51,471), „Kontodaten“ (#51,473), „Konföderation“ (#51,470). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „konstatieren“ bei #51,472. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

konstatieren is uncommon German at frequency #51,472 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kɔnstaˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Tatsache feststellen, bemerken".

No misspelling variants are generated for konstatieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is konstatieren, spelled K-O-N-S-T-A-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Tatsache feststellen, bemerken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er sagte es nicht grad’ heraus, aber Nachrichten über die Vergrößerung des „schwarzen Punktes“ teilte er immer leuchtenden Auges mit; die hier und da, leider immer spärlicher werdenden Friedensaussichten hingegen konstatierte er stets mit einer gewissen Niedergeschlagenheit.“
  2. „Dann konstatierte der Doktor Schmidt, nachdem er den Leib ihm aufgeschnitten, daß dieser Wurm an Würmern litt, die wiederum an Würmern litten“

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); 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 "konstatieren"?
"konstatieren" is spelled K-O-N-S-T-A-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnstaˈtiːʁən].
What does "konstatieren" mean?
As a verb, "konstatieren" means: eine Tatsache feststellen, bemerken
How do you pronounce "konstatieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "konstatieren" is [kɔnstaˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "konstatieren" come from?
"konstatieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list