petrifizieren
[petʁifiˈt͡siːʁən]
The verdict
“petrifizieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu Stein werden (lassen); versteinern
Corpus desk
Index DE-petrifizieren · petrifizieren · German
petrifizieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | petrifizieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [petʁifiˈt͡siːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „petrifizieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
petrifizieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [petʁifiˈt͡siːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu Stein werden (lassen); versteinern".
petrifizieren has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is petrifizieren, spelled P-E-T-R-I-F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1zu Stein werden (lassen); versteinern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petrifizieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Stehen über die Angaben hinaus, welche Bohrungen auf petrifizierten Xylit gestoßen sind, weitere Informationen zur Verfügung, so kann man, vom Petrifizierungsgrad ausgehend, weitergehende Untersuchungen anschließen.“
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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.