protokollieren

[pʁotokɔˈliːʁən]

/[pʁotokɔˈliːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“protokollieren” is uncommon German (frequency #69,599 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,599
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Zusammenkunft in seinem Hergang und Gesprächsverlauf in einer Niederschrift (einem Protokoll) schriftlich festhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-protokollieren · protokollieren · German

protokollieren · rank #69,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,599
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Privathaushal…

Nearest frequency peer: Privathaushalten (-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 „protokollieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for protokollieren
PropertyValue
Headwordprotokollieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pʁotokɔˈliːʁən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#69,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „protokollieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).protokollierenfällt 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: „Privathaushalten“ (#69,598), „provokanten“ (#69,600), „printed“ (#69,597). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „protokollieren“ bei #69,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

protokollieren is uncommon German at frequency #69,599 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁotokɔˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for protokollieren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is protokollieren, spelled P-R-O-T-O-K-O-L-L-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Zusammenkunft in seinem Hergang und Gesprächsverlauf in einer Niederschrift (einem Protokoll) schriftlich festhalten
  2. 2
    schriftliche Aufzeichnungen in Form eines Protokolles führen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Gespräch zu protokollieren und der Personalakte hinzuzufügen, ist nicht erlaubt, wenn es keine entsprechende Betriebsvereinbarung zwischen der Geschäftsführung und dem Betriebsrat gibt.
  2. Nur noch die Debatten von National- und Bundesrat werden von fest angestellten Fachkräften in Kurzschrift protokolliert.

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); 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 "protokollieren"?
"protokollieren" is spelled P-R-O-T-O-K-O-L-L-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁotokɔˈliːʁən].
What does "protokollieren" mean?
As a verb, "protokollieren" means: eine Zusammenkunft in seinem Hergang und Gesprächsverlauf in einer Niederschrift (einem Protokoll) schriftlich festhalten
How do you pronounce "protokollieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "protokollieren" is [pʁotokɔˈliːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "protokollieren" come from?
"protokollieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list