rezitieren

[ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]

/[ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“rezitieren” is uncommon German (frequency #67,635 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,635
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Text auswendig aufsagen; ein literarisches Werk künstlerisch ausdrucksvoll vortragen

Corpus desk

Index DE-rezitieren · rezitieren · German

rezitieren · rank #67,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,635
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH repräsentiert…

Nearest frequency peer: repräsentierten (-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 „rezitieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rezitieren
PropertyValue
Headwordrezitieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rezitieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rezitierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „repräsentierten“ (#67,633), „Repertorium“ (#67,632), „Reinigungskräfte“ (#67,630). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rezitieren“ bei #67,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rezitieren is uncommon German at frequency #67,635 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁet͡siˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Gleichzeitig rezitieren verschiedene Stimmen Texte aus verschiedenen Quellen, und das Orchester spielt Zitate von Claude Debussy, Arnold Schönberg und anderen.“
  2. „Die Schamaninnen heißen Tusu Aynu und sind Ahnenbeschwörerinnen, Heilerinnen und sie rezitieren die Mythen und Epen der alten Ainu-Kultur im Tanz.“

Synonyms

aufsagenvorsagenvorsprechenvortragen

This word in other languages

recite(English)recitar(Español)réciter(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 "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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schickeria#67,657Schiffchen#67,658schlampige#67,659schmuggelt#67,664

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list