promovieren

[pʁomoˈviːʁən]

/[pʁomoˈviːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“promovieren” is uncommon German (frequency #72,835 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,835
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Doktorwürde oder Lehrberechtigung an Hochschulen erlangen beziehungsweise erwerben

Corpus desk

Index DE-promovieren · promovieren · German

promovieren · rank #72,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,835
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH proklamierte

Nearest frequency peer: proklamierte (-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 „promovieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for promovieren
PropertyValue
Headwordpromovieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pʁomoˈviːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „promovieren“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).promovierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „proklamierte“ (#72,834), „Projektpartner“ (#72,833), „prüfenden“ (#72,838). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „promovieren“ bei #72,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

promovieren is uncommon German at frequency #72,835 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁomoˈviːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for promovieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is promovieren, spelled P-R-O-M-O-V-I-E-R-E-N.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie promovierte (sich) über Thomas Gottschalk.
  2. „Bereits mit 21 Jahren promovierte er, mit 25 war er Privatdozent – eine akademische Blitzkarriere.“

Synonyms

doktorierenDoktortitelDoktorhutDoktorwürdeDoktorarbeitdissertieren

This word in other languages

doctorate(English)doctorarse(Español)thèse(Français)

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list