protegieren
[pʁoteˈʒiːʁən]
The verdict
“protegieren” 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) - den eigenen Einfluss verwenden, um jemandes berufliche oder gesellschaftliche Position zu verbessern
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Index DE-protegieren · protegieren · German
protegieren · 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 | protegieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pʁoteˈʒiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „protegieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
protegieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁoteˈʒiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den eigenen Einfluss verwenden, um jemandes berufliche oder gesellschaftliche Position zu verbessern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for protegieren, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is protegieren, spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1den eigenen Einfluss verwenden, um jemandes berufliche oder gesellschaftliche Position zu verbessern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how protegieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Denn Sportministerin Chantal Jouanno, die ebenfalls von Sarkozy protegiert wird, will einen „Staatsmann“ wie Premierminister Francois Fillon als Pariser Stadtchef.“
In einigen Ländern wird der Sport stark von der Politik protegiert und beispielsweise durch große Zuschüsse gefördert.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.