sättigen
[ˈzɛtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“sättigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewirken, dass man rasch davon satt wird und keinen Hunger mehr verspürt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sattigen · sättigen · German
sättigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sättigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzɛtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sättigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sättigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzɛtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
sättigen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sättigen, spelled S-Ä-T-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1bewirken, dass man rasch davon satt wird und keinen Hunger mehr verspürt
- 2sich so viel zuführen, dass ein Wunsch befriedigt ist
- 3so viel eines Stoffes in einer Flüssigkeit lösen, das diese nichts weiter aufnimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sättigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Iss nicht so viel Nudeln! Das sättigt so.
Lebensmittel sättigen unterschiedlich stark.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.