rezitieren

[ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]

/[ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“rezitieren” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,635 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#67,635
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Text auswendig aufsagen; ein literarisches Werk künstlerisch ausdrucksvoll vortragen

Key facts for rezitieren
PropertyValue
Headwordrezitieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rezitieren” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rezitieren lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rezitieren is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,635 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "einen Text auswendig aufsagen; ein literarisches Werk künstlerisch ausdrucksvoll vortragen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for rezitieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is rezitieren, spelled R-E-Z-I-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Text auswendig aufsagen; ein literarisches Werk künstlerisch ausdrucksvoll vortragen

Synonyms

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); 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 "rezitieren"?
"rezitieren" is spelled R-E-Z-I-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən].
What does "rezitieren" mean?
As a verb, "rezitieren" means: einen Text auswendig aufsagen; ein literarisches Werk künstlerisch ausdrucksvoll vortragen
How do you pronounce "rezitieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rezitieren" is [ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rezitieren" come from?
"rezitieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “rezitieren”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is R-E-Z-I-T-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list