parieren

[paˈʁiːʁən]

/[paˈʁiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“parieren” is uncommon German (frequency #65,559 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,559
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Angriff abwehren

Corpus desk

Index DE-parieren · parieren · German

parieren · rank #65,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,559
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH paranoide

Nearest frequency peer: paranoide (-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 „parieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parieren
PropertyValue
Headwordparieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[paˈʁiːʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „parieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.parierenfällt 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: „paranoide“ (#65,558), „Packers“ (#65,557), „passport“ (#65,561). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „parieren“ bei #65,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parieren is uncommon German at frequency #65,559 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [paˈʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for parieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is parieren, spelled P-A-R-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Angriff abwehren
  2. 2
    einer Anweisung Folge leisten
  3. 3
    ein Pferd zum langsamer Laufen oder Stehen bringen
  4. 4
    Fleisch von Bindegewebe befreien
  5. 5
    auf eine Aussage, Frage, einen Vorwurf oder dergleichen angemessen und gut reagieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Torwart parierte.
  2. „Er pariert im Elfmeterschießen die Versuche von Ivan Klasnic und Hugo Almeida, der Oberligist erreicht die 2. Runde.“

Synonyms

abwehrenablenkenumlenkenfolgengehorchen

This word in other languages

parry(English)parar(Español)repousser(Français)

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 "parieren"?
"parieren" is spelled P-A-R-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈʁiːʁən].
What does "parieren" mean?
As a verb, "parieren" means: einen Angriff abwehren
How do you pronounce "parieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parieren" is [paˈʁiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passport#65,561Nigerias#65,537netteste#65,533namenlos#65,528

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list