promovieren

/[pʁomoˈviːʁən]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#72,835

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

promovieren is aGermanverb. It means: die Doktorwürde oder Lehrberechtigung an Hochschulen erlangen beziehungsweise erwerben Pronounced [pʁomoˈviːʁən].

Key facts for promovieren
PropertyValue
Headwordpromovieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pʁomoˈviːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of promovieren in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for promovieren is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁomoˈviːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,835 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for promovieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is promovieren, spelled P-R-O-M-O-V-I-E-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Doktorwürde oder Lehrberechtigung an Hochschulen erlangen beziehungsweise erwerben
  2. 2
    jemandem die Doktorwürde verleihen
  3. 3
    unterstützen (bei einer Entwicklung, einem Aufstieg); seinen Weg (nach oben) gehen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #72,835 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "promovieren"?
"promovieren" is spelled P-R-O-M-O-V-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁomoˈviːʁən].
What does "promovieren" mean?
As a verb, "promovieren" means: die Doktorwürde oder Lehrberechtigung an Hochschulen erlangen beziehungsweise erwerben
How do you pronounce "promovieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promovieren" is [pʁomoˈviːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promovieren" come from?
"promovieren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.