porträtieren
[pɔʁtʁɛˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“porträtieren” is uncommon German (frequency #78,409 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,409
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Bildnis von jemandem anfertigen, eine bildliche Darstellung von einem Gesicht – vornehmlich als Brustbild – anfertigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-portratieren · porträtieren · German
porträtieren · rank #78,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,409
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Polizeidirekt…
Nearest frequency peer: Polizeidirektor (-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 „porträtieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- planschen
planschen
21,596 corpus weight
- plappert
plappert
21,595 corpus weight
- poi
poi
21,594 corpus weight
- Polizeidire…
Polizeidirektor
21,593 corpus weight
- porträtieren
porträtieren
21,592 corpus weight
- potenziert
potenziert
21,590 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „porträtieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porträtieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɔʁtʁɛˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #78,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „porträtieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
porträtieren is uncommon German at frequency #78,409 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɔʁtʁɛˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
porträtieren has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is porträtieren, spelled P-O-R-T-R-Ä-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1das Bildnis von jemandem anfertigen, eine bildliche Darstellung von einem Gesicht – vornehmlich als Brustbild – anfertigen
- 2eine Charakter- oder Milieustudie ausarbeiten, anfertigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how porträtieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Straßenkünstler porträtiert Touristen.
Lisa del Giocondo wurde von Leonardo da Vinci porträtiert; das entstandene Porträt wurde im deutschsprachigen Raum unter dem Namen „Mona Lisa“ bekannt.
Synonyms
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); 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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