präferieren
[pʁɛfeˈʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“präferieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas einer anderen Sache den Vorzug geben, eine Präferenz/Vorliebe für etwas haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-praferieren · präferieren · German
präferieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | präferieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pʁɛfeˈʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „präferieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
präferieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁɛfeˈʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas einer anderen Sache den Vorzug geben, eine Präferenz/Vorliebe für etwas haben".
präferieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is präferieren, spelled P-R-Ä-F-E-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas einer anderen Sache den Vorzug geben, eine Präferenz/Vorliebe für etwas haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how präferieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich präferiere schwarze Möbel.
„Es ist für viele wahlentscheidend, auf welchen Gegner sich die präferierte Partei einlassen würde.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.