stationieren

[ʃtat͡si̯oˈniːʁən]

/[ʃtat͡si̯oˈniːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“stationieren” is uncommon German (frequency #79,772 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,772
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden/etwas einem Ort zuweisen

Corpus desk

Index DE-stationieren · stationieren · German

stationieren · rank #79,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,772
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH startende

Nearest frequency peer: startende (-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 „stationieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stationieren
PropertyValue
Headwordstationieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃtat͡si̯oˈniːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#79,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stationieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „startende“ (#79,771), „Standesbeamten“ (#79,769), „Steininger“ (#79,775). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stationieren“ bei #79,772. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stationieren is uncommon German at frequency #79,772 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃtat͡si̯oˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden/etwas einem Ort zuweisen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for stationieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is stationieren, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden/etwas einem Ort zuweisen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] China hat nach US-Angaben auf den […] Spratly-Inseln Raketen und Marschflugkörper stationiert […].
  2. Vor 45 Jahren stand die Welt für fast zwei Wochen am Rand eines Atomkrieges. Die Sowjetunion hatte Abschussrampen für Kernwaffen auf Kuba stationiert.

This word in other languages

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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 "stationieren"?
"stationieren" is spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtat͡si̯oˈniːʁən].
What does "stationieren" mean?
As a verb, "stationieren" means: jemanden/etwas einem Ort zuweisen
How do you pronounce "stationieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stationieren" is [ʃtat͡si̯oˈniːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stationieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Staffelstein#79,768Stabilisator#79,767Spendenkonto#79,753tatkräftigen#79,811

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list