sanktionieren

[zaŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]

/[zaŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“sanktionieren” is uncommon German (frequency #64,669 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,669
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - billigen, gutheißen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sanktionieren · sanktionieren · German

sanktionieren · rank #64,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,669
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanierten

Nearest frequency peer: sanierten (-1 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 „sanktionieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sanktionieren
PropertyValue
Headwordsanktionieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[zaŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#64,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sanktionieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sanktionierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sanierten“ (#64,668), „saubermachen“ (#64,670), „Salzburgs“ (#64,667). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sanktionieren“ bei #64,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sanktionieren is uncommon German at frequency #64,669 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [zaŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

sanktionieren has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sanktionieren, spelled S-A-N-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    billigen, gutheißen
  2. 2
    Gesetzeskraft verleihen
  3. 3
    mit Strafe bedrohen, bestrafen, Sanktionen verhängen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich kann ihr Verhalten keinesfalls sanktionieren.
  2. „Daher hat der Gesetzgeber dieses Modell mit entsprechendem Erlass sanktioniert, trotz dass er weniger Steuern einnimmt.“

Synonyms

billigengutheißenbewilligenstattgeben

This word in other languages

sanction(English)aprobar(Español)sanctionner(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 "sanktionieren"?
"sanktionieren" is spelled S-A-N-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zaŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən].
What does "sanktionieren" mean?
As a verb, "sanktionieren" means: billigen, gutheißen
How do you pronounce "sanktionieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanktionieren" is [zaŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sanktionieren" come from?
"sanktionieren" 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 "sanktionieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rüstungsgüter#64,663Schulterblatt#64,686Risikogruppen#64,651schwierigeren#64,690

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list