Limitierung
[limiˈtiːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Limitierung” is uncommon German (frequency #90,579 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,579
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mengenmäßige Reduzierung von etwas durch jemanden (beispielsweise der Politik, einer Firma, einem Kartell)
Corpus desk
Index DE-limitierung · Limitierung · German
Limitierung · rank #90,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,579
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lighthouse
Nearest frequency peer: lighthouse (-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 „Limitierung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- lieu
lieu
9,424 corpus weight
- lighthouse
lighthouse
9,423 corpus weight
- Limitierung
Limitierung
9,422 corpus weight
- Literaturan…
Literaturangaben
9,421 corpus weight
- lizard
lizard
9,420 corpus weight
- Lobbys
Lobbys
9,418 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Limitierung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Limitierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [limiˈtiːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Limitierung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Limitierung is uncommon German at frequency #90,579 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [limiˈtiːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mengenmäßige Reduzierung von etwas durch jemanden (beispielsweise der Politik, einer Firma, einem Kartell)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Limitierung, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Limitierung, spelled L-I-M-I-T-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1mengenmäßige Reduzierung von etwas durch jemanden (beispielsweise der Politik, einer Firma, einem Kartell)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Limitierung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Limitierung von Pädagogik-Studienplätzen an deutschen Universitäten durch NCs ist angesichts der zunehmenden Lehrerknappheit ein Skandal.
Die Limitierung der Amtsdauer amerikanischer Präsidenten könnte ein Vorbild für deutsche Politiker sein.
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.
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