limitieren
[limiˈtiːʁən]
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
- liehen
liehen
2,683 corpus weight
- Ligaspiele
Ligaspiele
2,682 corpus weight
- Ligatur
Ligatur
2,681 corpus weight
- limitieren
limitieren
2,680 corpus weight
- limitierter
limitierter
2,679 corpus weight
- Lincolns
Lincolns
2,678 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „limitieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limitieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [limiˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „limitieren“ im Deutschen
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
- 1etwas auf eine bestimmte Anzahl begrenzen; ein Limit festlegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how limitieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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
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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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