limitieren

[limiˈtiːʁən]

/[limiˈtiːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“limitieren” is uncommon German (frequency #97,321 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,321
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas auf eine bestimmte Anzahl begrenzen; ein Limit festlegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-limitieren · limitieren · German

limitieren · rank #97,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,321
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ligatur

Nearest frequency peer: Ligatur (-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 „limitieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for limitieren
PropertyValue
Headwordlimitieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[limiˈtiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „limitieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ligatur“ (#97,320), „limitierter“ (#97,322), „Ligaspiele“ (#97,319). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „limitieren“ bei #97,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

limitieren is uncommon German at frequency #97,321 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [limiˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas auf eine bestimmte Anzahl begrenzen; ein Limit festlegen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for limitieren in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is limitieren, spelled L-I-M-I-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas auf eine bestimmte Anzahl begrenzen; ein Limit festlegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das Marktsegment der austrainierten kompakten Sport-Limousinen und -Coupés befindet sich in einer stabilen Wachstumsphase: BMW hätte zum Beispiel das Einser M Coupé nicht auf 6000 Einheiten limitieren müssen, denn Nachfrage war darüber hinaus genügend vorhanden.“

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 "limitieren"?
"limitieren" is spelled L-I-M-I-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [limiˈtiːʁən].
What does "limitieren" mean?
As a verb, "limitieren" means: etwas auf eine bestimmte Anzahl begrenzen; ein Limit festlegen
How do you pronounce "limitieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "limitieren" is [limiˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "limitieren" come from?
"limitieren" 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 "limitieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list