privilegieren
[pʁivileˈɡiːʁən]
The verdict
“privilegieren” 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) - jemanden mit Sonderrechten, Vorrechten, Vorteilen (Privilegen) ausstatten
Corpus desk
Index DE-privilegieren · privilegieren · German
privilegieren · 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 | privilegieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pʁivileˈɡiːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „privilegieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
privilegieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁivileˈɡiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden mit Sonderrechten, Vorrechten, Vorteilen (Privilegen) ausstatten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for privilegieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is privilegieren, spelled P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden mit Sonderrechten, Vorrechten, Vorteilen (Privilegen) ausstatten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how privilegieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber man privilegierte die einen und unterwarf die anderen einem brutalen Terror.“
„Ist die Frist lang, scheint der Staat die Wahrung individueller Rechte zu privilegieren. Ist sie kurz, scheint der Staat Rechtssicherheit und Verwaltungseffizienz zu privilegieren.“
Antonyms
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.