legitimierte

Name: legitimierte, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[leɡitiˈmiːɐ̯tə]

/[leɡitiˈmiːɐ̯tə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“legitimierte” is uncommon German (frequency #53,038 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,038
frequency rank, German: 30,953
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert

Key facts for legitimierte
Property	Value
Headword	legitimierte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[leɡitiˈmiːɐ̯tə]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#53,038
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “legitimierte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). legitimierte lands here:

#53,038

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

legitimierte is uncommon German at frequency #53,038 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [leɡitiˈmiːɐ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for legitimierte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is legitimierte, spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-E-R-T-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert

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 "legitimierte"?

"legitimierte" is spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [leɡitiˈmiːɐ̯tə].

What does "legitimierte" mean?

As an adjective, "legitimierte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs legitimiert

How do you pronounce "legitimierte"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "legitimierte" is [leɡitiˈmiːɐ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "legitimierte" come from?

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Using “legitimierte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.