rapportieren
[ʁapɔʁˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“rapportieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - berichten, Meldung machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-rapportieren · rapportieren · German
rapportieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rapportieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁapɔʁˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “rapportieren” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
rapportieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁapɔʁˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rapportieren, 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 explicit etymology string is stored 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 rapportieren, spelled R-A-P-P-O-R-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1berichten, Meldung machen
- 2fortlaufend (ein Muster oder Motiv) wiederholen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rapportieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es genügt vollkommen, wenn Sie mir Ihre Beobachtungen mündlich rapportieren.
Wenn Stephen Hawking etwa - wie Anfang des Jahres auf einer Konferenz in Bombay - die wenig originelle Prognose abgibt, mittels Gentechnik werde man künftig versuchen, intelligentere "neue Menschen zu erschaffen", dann wird das in aller Welt mit Ehrfurcht rapportiert.
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.
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