perpetuieren
[pɛʁpetuˈiːʁən]
The verdict
“perpetuieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dauerhaft machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-perpetuieren · perpetuieren · German
perpetuieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | perpetuieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɛʁpetuˈiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „perpetuieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
perpetuieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pɛʁpetuˈiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dauerhaft machen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perpetuieren, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is perpetuieren, spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-U-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1dauerhaft machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perpetuieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Überquerung des Rasens an immer der gleichen Stelle hat einen Trampelweg perpetuiert.
„Wie so viele vor ihm, die den gleichen Fehler perpetuiert haben, zitiert Adomeit also nicht aus erster Hand, sondern verläßt sich wohl eher auf F. Wieacker, Privatrechtsgeschichte der Neuzeit, Göttingen 1967, freilich ohne diesen direkt zu nennen, der von dem gern genannten "Tropfen sozialen Öls" spricht (Seite 470).“
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.