siezen
[ˈziːt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“siezen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,244 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,244
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person oder eine Gruppe mit der Höflichkeitsform Sie anreden
Corpus desk
Index DE-siezen · siezen · German
siezen · rank #53,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,244
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH singers
Nearest frequency peer: singers (+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 „siezen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Shaker
Shaker
46,762 corpus weight
- Shootings
Shootings
46,760 corpus weight
- siezen
siezen
46,757 corpus weight
- singers
singers
46,756 corpus weight
- Skalen
Skalen
46,754 corpus weight
- somebody
somebody
46,753 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „siezen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | siezen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈziːt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „siezen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
siezen is uncommon German at frequency #53,244 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈziːt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Person oder eine Gruppe mit der Höflichkeitsform Sie anreden".
siezen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is siezen, spelled S-I-E-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Person oder eine Gruppe mit der Höflichkeitsform Sie anreden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how siezen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Obwohl er schon vor langer Zeit das „Du“ angeboten bekam, konnte er es sich nicht abgewöhnen, seinen Chef zu siezen.
„Alfred duzte sich schnell mit allen, aber es war bekannt, dass Mama die Duzerei nicht sonderlich mochte und sich von den meisten Menschen, auch von ihren Schwiegersöhnen, siezen ließ.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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