skarifizieren
[skaʁifiˈt͡siːʁən]
The verdict
“skarifizieren” 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) - die Haut aus medizinischen oder rituellen Gründen ritzen/schneiden
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Index DE-skarifizieren · skarifizieren · German
skarifizieren · 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 | skarifizieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [skaʁifiˈt͡siːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „skarifizieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
skarifizieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [skaʁifiˈt͡siːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Haut aus medizinischen oder rituellen Gründen ritzen/schneiden".
skarifizieren 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is skarifizieren, spelled S-K-A-R-I-F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Haut aus medizinischen oder rituellen Gründen ritzen/schneiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how skarifizieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei dem Gnu, so erklärte John Marshall in seinem Kommentar, handelte es sich um ein männliches Tier, deshalb wurde /Ti!kay auf der rechten Körperhälfte skarifiziert.“
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.