perfektionieren
[pɛɐ̯fɛkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“perfektionieren” is uncommon German (frequency #62,733 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,733
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas (maximal) verbessern; etwas perfekt machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-perfektionieren · perfektionieren · German
perfektionieren · rank #62,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,733
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pendants
Nearest frequency peer: Pendants (-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 „perfektionieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- patentieren
patentieren
37,272 corpus weight
- Pendants
Pendants
37,269 corpus weight
- perfektioni…
perfektionieren
37,268 corpus weight
- Pergamon
Pergamon
37,267 corpus weight
- Pharmakonze…
Pharmakonzern
37,265 corpus weight
- Philosophien
Philosophien
37,264 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „perfektionieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfektionieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɛɐ̯fɛkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #62,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „perfektionieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
perfektionieren is uncommon German at frequency #62,733 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɛɐ̯fɛkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas (maximal) verbessern; etwas perfekt machen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for perfektionieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 perfektionieren, spelled P-E-R-F-E-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas (maximal) verbessern; etwas perfekt machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perfektionieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Bewegungsablauf müssen wir noch perfektionieren.
„In seiner Zeit bei den Vereinten Nationen hat er die Kunst perfektioniert, die unterschiedlichsten Menschen zum Konsens zu bringen und Gegner einzubinden.“
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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