sublimieren
[zubliˈmiːʁən]
The verdict
“sublimieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom festen in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand übergehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sublimieren · sublimieren · German
sublimieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | sublimieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [zubliˈmiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sublimieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sublimieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [zubliˈmiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sublimieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 sublimieren, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1vom festen in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand übergehen
- 2Triebregungen auf geistig-kulturelle Ziele umlenken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sublimieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trockeneis sublimiert bei Normaldruck.
Alles Irdische ist dazu bestimmt, sich zu Geist sowohl zu sublimieren wie zu konzentrieren.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.