sezieren

[zeˈt͡siːʁən]

/[zeˈt͡siːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“sezieren” is uncommon German (frequency #99,084 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,084
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Leiche öffnen, zerlegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sezieren · sezieren · German

sezieren · rank #99,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,084
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Senkrechtstar…

Nearest frequency peer: Senkrechtstarter (-4 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 „sezieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sezieren
PropertyValue
Headwordsezieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[zeˈt͡siːʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sezieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sezierenfällt 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: „Senkrechtstarter“ (#99,080), „Shoppingtour“ (#99,088), „Sendemast“ (#99,079). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sezieren“ bei #99,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sezieren is uncommon German at frequency #99,084 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [zeˈt͡siːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Leiche öffnen, zerlegen".

sezieren has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sezieren, spelled S-E-Z-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Leiche öffnen, zerlegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Arzt sezierte die Leiche.
  2. Dem Studenten wurde übel, als er sezierte.

This word in other languages

dissect(English)disséquer(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 "sezieren"?
"sezieren" is spelled S-E-Z-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zeˈt͡siːʁən].
What does "sezieren" mean?
As a verb, "sezieren" means: eine Leiche öffnen, zerlegen
How do you pronounce "sezieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sezieren" is [zeˈt͡siːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sezieren" come from?
"sezieren" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sinniert#99,094spelling#99,105spindeln#99,107schmäler#99,054

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list