personifizieren
[ˌpɛʁzonifiˈt͡siːʁən]
The verdict
“personifizieren” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine abstrakte Idee als Mensch typischerweise verkörpern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | personifizieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌpɛʁzonifiˈt͡siːʁən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “personifizieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for personifizieren is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpɛʁzonifiˈt͡siːʁən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for personifizieren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is personifizieren, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine abstrakte Idee als Mensch typischerweise verkörpern
- 2menschliche Eigenschaften auf nichtmenschliche Dinge oder Wesen übertragen
- 3etwas auf Einzelpersonen oder bestimmte Gruppe beziehen oder ausrichten
- 4jemanden eindeutig erkennen
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.
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Using “personifizieren”
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-Z-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.