relaxieren
[ʁelaˈksiːʁən]
The verdict
“relaxieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit der Bewegung aufhören, zur Ruhe kommen; einen stationären Zustand erreichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-relaxieren · relaxieren · German
relaxieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | relaxieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁelaˈksiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „relaxieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
relaxieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁelaˈksiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
relaxieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is relaxieren, spelled R-E-L-A-X-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit der Bewegung aufhören, zur Ruhe kommen; einen stationären Zustand erreichen
- 2rückgängig machen
- 3(sich) von einer körperlichen und/oder emotionalen, geistigen Anstrengung oder Anspannung befreien und neue Kraft schöpfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how relaxieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gewebe, das schnell relaxiert hat (z. B. weiße Substanz T1≈600 ms) bildet sich dann im MR-Bild heller ab als solches, das langsam relaxiert […].“
„Uebrigens stand es keineswegs alleine im Belieben des geistlichen Richters, Bann oder Interdikt aufzuheben oder zu relaxieren […].“
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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.