suggest

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The verdict

“suggest” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beibringen, raten, eingeben, erinnern

Corpus desk

Index DE-suggest · suggest · German

suggest · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for suggest
PropertyValue
Headwordsuggest
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „suggest“ im Deutschen

suggestsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suggest is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for suggest, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is suggest, spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    beibringen, raten, eingeben, erinnern
  2. 2
    verlocken, verführen
  3. 3
    annehmen, vermuten, eine Theorie haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "There are at least two considerations which suggest that the development of perennial grain crops will favor a return to small farm agriculture."

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suggest"?
"suggest" is spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "suggest" mean?
As a verb, "suggest" means: beibringen, raten, eingeben, erinnern
How do you pronounce "suggest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suggest" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suggest" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list