rationalisieren

/[ʁat͡si̯onaliˈziːʁən]/ verb

Letters

15 characters

Frequency Rank

#86,955

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

rationalisieren is aGermanverb. It means: Arbeitsabläufe effektiv(er) gestalten und damit Leistung/Output erhöhen Pronounced [ʁat͡si̯onaliˈziːʁən].

Key facts for rationalisieren
PropertyValue
Headwordrationalisieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁat͡si̯onaliˈziːʁən]
Letters15
Frequency rank#86,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rationalisieren is 15 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁat͡si̯onaliˈziːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,955 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 frequent misspelling variants are recorded for rationalisieren in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 rationalisieren, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-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
    Arbeitsabläufe effektiv(er) gestalten und damit Leistung/Output erhöhen
  2. 2
    rein verstandesmäßig betrachten
  3. 3
    „Gesamtheit der von der sozialistischen Gesellschaft getroffenen Maßnahmen zur rationellen Gestaltung der gesellschaftlichen Arbeit auf allen Gebieten, die auf die Erhöhung der Effektivität der Volkswirtschaft und gleichzeitig auf die Verbesserung der Arbeitsbedingungen und die Steigerung des Lebensstandards der Werktätigen gerichtet sind“

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #86,955 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rationalisieren"?
"rationalisieren" is spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁat͡si̯onaliˈziːʁən].
What does "rationalisieren" mean?
As a verb, "rationalisieren" means: Arbeitsabläufe effektiv(er) gestalten und damit Leistung/Output erhöhen
How do you pronounce "rationalisieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rationalisieren" is [ʁat͡si̯onaliˈziːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rationalisieren" come from?
"rationalisieren" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.