summieren

[zʊˈmiːʁən]

/[zʊˈmiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“summieren” is uncommon German (frequency #55,751 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,751
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Summe bilden

Corpus desk

Index DE-summieren · summieren · German

summieren · rank #55,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,751
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH suchend

Nearest frequency peer: suchend (-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 „summieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for summieren
PropertyValue
Headwordsummieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[zʊˈmiːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „summieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „suchend“ (#55,750), „sträubt“ (#55,749), „Syrakus“ (#55,753). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „summieren“ bei #55,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

summieren is uncommon German at frequency #55,751 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [zʊˈmiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for summieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is summieren, spelled S-U-M-M-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Summe bilden
  2. 2
    zusammenzählen
  3. 3
    anwachsen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auch kleine Beträge summieren sich.
  2. „Am Ende des Tages werden Sie die Stunden summieren müssen, die sie und ihr Team für das Projekt aufgewendet haben!“

Synonyms

addieren

Antonyms

subtrahieren

This word in other languages

sum up(English)sumar(Español)sommer(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 "summieren"?
"summieren" is spelled S-U-M-M-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zʊˈmiːʁən].
What does "summieren" mean?
As a verb, "summieren" means: eine Summe bilden
How do you pronounce "summieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "summieren" is [zʊˈmiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "summieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

süchtigen#55,755Südkoreas#55,756Tabuthema#55,758Trauungen#55,776

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list