priorisieren

[pʁioʁiˈziːʁən]

/[pʁioʁiˈziːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“priorisieren” is uncommon German (frequency #97,538 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,538
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit Vorrang (Priorität) behandeln; bestimmte Prioritäten setzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-priorisieren · priorisieren · German

priorisieren · rank #97,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,538
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Primadonna

Nearest frequency peer: Primadonna (-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 „priorisieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „priorisieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for priorisieren
PropertyValue
Headwordpriorisieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pʁioʁiˈziːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#97,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „priorisieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.priorisierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Primadonna“ (#97,537), „prestigeträchtige“ (#97,536), „Privatdozenten“ (#97,540). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „priorisieren“ bei #97,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

priorisieren is uncommon German at frequency #97,538 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁioʁiˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas mit Vorrang (Priorität) behandeln; bestimmte Prioritäten setzen".

Zero misspellings are on record for priorisieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is priorisieren, spelled P-R-I-O-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit Vorrang (Priorität) behandeln; bestimmte Prioritäten setzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how priorisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wir sollten die Jugendarbeit priorisieren.
  2. Er muss jene politischen Themen priorisieren, deren Wichtigkeit er stets heruntergespielt hat.

Synonyms

Antonyms

hintanstellenposteriorisieren

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "priorisieren"?
"priorisieren" is spelled P-R-I-O-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁioʁiˈziːʁən].
What does "priorisieren" mean?
As a verb, "priorisieren" means: etwas mit Vorrang (Priorität) behandeln; bestimmte Prioritäten setzen
How do you pronounce "priorisieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "priorisieren" is [pʁioʁiˈziːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "priorisieren" come from?
"priorisieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "priorisieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list