sterilisieren

[steʁiliˈziːʁən]

/[steʁiliˈziːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“sterilisieren” is uncommon German (frequency #66,729 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,729
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenstände, Flüssigkeiten keimfrei, steril machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sterilisieren · sterilisieren · German

sterilisieren · rank #66,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,729
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sterblich

Nearest frequency peer: sterblich (-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 „sterilisieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sterilisieren
PropertyValue
Headwordsterilisieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[steʁiliˈziːʁən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#66,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sterilisieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sterilisierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sterblich“ (#66,728), „Steuervorteile“ (#66,730), „Stephansplatz“ (#66,727). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sterilisieren“ bei #66,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sterilisieren is uncommon German at frequency #66,729 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [steʁiliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

sterilisieren has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sterilisieren, spelled S-T-E-R-I-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gegenstände, Flüssigkeiten keimfrei, steril machen
  2. 2
    Menschen oder Tiere unfruchtbar, zeugungsunfähig machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Früher, als es noch nicht üblich war, Schnuller und Fläschchen zu reinigen und zu desinfizieren – beziehungsweise zu sterilisieren -, sind viele Babys und Kleinkinder an solchen Infektionen gestorben.
  2. Neben der Milch selbst erhitzen die Hersteller auch noch die Verpackung, um diese damit zu sterilisieren.

Synonyms

desinfizierenentkeimen

Antonyms

infizierenkontaminierenfertilisieren

This word in other languages

sterilize(English)esterilizar(Español)stériliser(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 "sterilisieren"?
"sterilisieren" is spelled S-T-E-R-I-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [steʁiliˈziːʁən].
What does "sterilisieren" mean?
As a verb, "sterilisieren" means: Gegenstände, Flüssigkeiten keimfrei, steril machen
How do you pronounce "sterilisieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sterilisieren" is [steʁiliˈziːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sterilisieren" come from?
"sterilisieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stephansplatz#66,727Staatskapelle#66,716Sportreporter#66,714subtropischen#66,747

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list