Resilienz

[ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s]

/[ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Resilienz” is uncommon German (frequency #55,656 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,656
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit elastischen Materials, nach starker Verformung in den Ausgangszustand zurückzukehren

Corpus desk

Index DE-resilienz · Resilienz · German

Resilienz · rank #55,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,656
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reparierte

Nearest frequency peer: reparierte (-2 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 „Resilienz“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Resilienz
PropertyValue
HeadwordResilienz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,656
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Resilienz“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Resilienzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „reparierte“ (#55,654), „Roadtrip“ (#55,659), „Religionsgeschichte“ (#55,652). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Resilienz“ bei #55,656. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Resilienz is uncommon German at frequency #55,656 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Resilienz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Resilienz, spelled R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fähigkeit elastischen Materials, nach starker Verformung in den Ausgangszustand zurückzukehren
  2. 2
    Fähigkeit von Lebewesen, ökonomischen oder sonstigen Systemen, sich gegen erheblichen Druck von außen selbst zu behaupten, äußeren Störungen standzuhalten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein anschauliches Beispiel für Resilienz im engeren Sinn ist die Fähigkeit von Stehaufmännchen, sich aus jeder beliebigen Lage wieder aufzurichten.“
  2. „Hierdurch können[sic] die Resilienz der […] entworfenden Carbonbetonstrukturen gegenüber verschiedenen kombinierten äußeren Lasten zuverlässig bewertet werden.“

This word in other languages

resilience(English)resiliencia(Español)résilience(Français)

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 "Resilienz"?
"Resilienz" is spelled R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s].
What does "Resilienz" mean?
As a noun, "Resilienz" means: Fähigkeit elastischen Materials, nach starker Verformung in den Ausgangszustand zurückzukehren
How do you pronounce "Resilienz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Resilienz" is [ʁeziˈli̯ɛnt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Resilienz" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Radtouren#55,638präsenter#55,630Präfekten#55,628practices#55,621

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list