marodieren
[ˌmaʁoˈdiːʁən]
The verdict
“marodieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem bewaffneten Konflikt/im Krieg hinter der Truppe (auch aus vorgetäuschter Entkräftung) zurückbleiben und plündernd umherziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-marodieren · marodieren · German
marodieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marodieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌmaʁoˈdiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „marodieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
marodieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌmaʁoˈdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marodieren in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 marodieren, spelled M-A-R-O-D-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1in einem bewaffneten Konflikt/im Krieg hinter der Truppe (auch aus vorgetäuschter Entkräftung) zurückbleiben und plündernd umherziehen
- 2um sich greifen; sich ausbreiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marodieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Männliche Restavèks durchbrechen die Opferrolle, indem sie sich den gefürchteten Banden anschliessen, die bewaffnet durch die Strassen der Hauptstadt marodieren.“
„So, wie es Augenzeugen beschreiben, versank das Viertel zeitweise im blutigen Chaos, als schwere Häuserkämpfe zwischen marodierenden Soldaten und Guerillakämpfern ausbrachen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.