profanieren
[pʁofaˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“profanieren” 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) - weltlich machen, alltäglich werden lassen, entweihen, entheiligen, entwürdigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-profanieren · profanieren · German
profanieren · 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 | profanieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pʁofaˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „profanieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
profanieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁofaˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for profanieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is profanieren, spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1weltlich machen, alltäglich werden lassen, entweihen, entheiligen, entwürdigen
- 2einem weltlichen Gebrauch, einer weltlichen Verwendung zuführen; säkularisieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how profanieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mitch findet es vollkommen in Ordnung, dass das Weihnachtsfest immer mehr profaniert wird.
„Außerdem wurden zunehmend katholische Kirchen und Klöster geschlossen, profaniert, enteignet.“
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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.