parlieren
[paʁˈliːʁən]
The verdict
“parlieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich unterhalten, Konversation führen
Corpus desk
Index DE-parlieren · parlieren · German
parlieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | parlieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paʁˈliːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „parlieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
parlieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [paʁˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
parlieren has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists 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 parlieren, spelled P-A-R-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich unterhalten, Konversation führen
- 2in einer Fremdsprache reden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parlieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie saßen bei Tisch und parlierten.
Parlieren geht über Studieren!
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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.