sakralisieren
[zakʁaliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“sakralisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem heiligenden Akt einen religiösen Sinn und Zweck zuweisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sakralisieren · sakralisieren · German
sakralisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sakralisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [zakʁaliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sakralisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sakralisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [zakʁaliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einem heiligenden Akt einen religiösen Sinn und Zweck zuweisen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sakralisieren, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 sakralisieren, spelled S-A-K-R-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1in einem heiligenden Akt einen religiösen Sinn und Zweck zuweisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sakralisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Folgezeit bemühte man sich, diese neue Kirchenordnung zu sakralisieren, ihr also eine theologische Legitimation zu verleihen.“
„Als Rechtsgüter werden Eigentum und persönliche Sicherheit hier sakralisiert. Ein Heiligtum, ein sakraler Gegenstand als Verkörperung der Transzendenz ist unantastbar und beansprucht universell als solcher anerkannt zu werden.“
Antonyms
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.