rezensieren
[ʁet͡sɛnˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“rezensieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Werk (Buch, künstlerische Darbietung, wissenschaftliche Arbeit oder dergleichen) kritisch besprechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-rezensieren · rezensieren · German
rezensieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | rezensieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁet͡sɛnˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rezensieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rezensieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁet͡sɛnˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rezensieren has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is rezensieren, spelled R-E-Z-E-N-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Werk (Buch, künstlerische Darbietung, wissenschaftliche Arbeit oder dergleichen) kritisch besprechen
- 2etwas erzählen, aufzählen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rezensieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Griesinger hatte 1844 ein Buch des Nestors der damaligen deutschen Psychiatrie, Maximilian Jacobi, rezensiert und dabei praktisch alles kritisch kommentiert, was Jacobi wichtig war.“
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.