Personifikation

[pɛʁˌzonifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[pɛʁˌzonifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Personifikation” is uncommon German (frequency #80,780 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,780
frequency rank, German
49,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Repräsentation von Tieren, Pflanzen, Naturgewalten, Gegenständen, toten Personen oder abstrakten Wesenheiten durch menschliche Gestalten

Key facts for Personifikation
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersonifikation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁˌzonifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters15
Frequency rank#80,780
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Personifikation” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Personifikation lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Personifikation is uncommon German at frequency #80,780 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁˌzonifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Repräsentation von Tieren, Pflanzen, Naturgewalten, Gegenständen, toten Personen oder abstrakten Wesenheiten durch menschliche Gestalten".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Personifikation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Personifikation, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-K-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Repräsentation von Tieren, Pflanzen, Naturgewalten, Gegenständen, toten Personen oder abstrakten Wesenheiten durch menschliche Gestalten

Synonyms

PersonbildungPersonendichtungPersonifizierungProsopopöie

This word in other languages

personification(English)personificación(Español)personnification(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 "Personifikation"?
"Personifikation" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-K-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁˌzonifikaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Personifikation" mean?
As a noun, "Personifikation" means: Repräsentation von Tieren, Pflanzen, Naturgewalten, Gegenständen, toten Personen oder abstrakten Wesenheiten durch menschliche Gestalten
How do you pronounce "Personifikation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Personifikation" is [pɛʁˌzonifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Personifikation" come from?
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Using “Personifikation”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-K-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [pɛʁˌzonifikaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list