Substantivierung
German, noun[ˌzʊpstantiˈviːʁʊŋ]
Substantivierung is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-I-E-R-U-N-G (16 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substantivierung is a German feminine noun meaning “substantivization, nominalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ableitung eines Substantivs aus einer anderen Wortart”.
What does Substantivierung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubstantivization, nominalization
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ableitung eines Substantivs aus einer anderen Wortart
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Substantivierung
- Substantivierungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Substantivierung?
- [ˌzʊpstantiˈviːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Substantivierung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Substantivierung in German?
Substantivierung appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).