suspendieren

[zʊspɛnˈdiːʁən]

/[zʊspɛnˈdiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“suspendieren” is uncommon German (frequency #85,909 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,909
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden zeitweise von einer Verpflichtung oder einem Amt entbinden

Corpus desk

Index DE-suspendieren · suspendieren · German

suspendieren · rank #85,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,909
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH suggestiv

Nearest frequency peer: suggestiv (-2 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 „suspendieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suspendieren
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspendieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[zʊspɛnˈdiːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#85,909
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „suspendieren“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).suspendierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „suggestiv“ (#85,907), „subversiv“ (#85,906), „Säuglingssterblichkeit“ (#85,912). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „suspendieren“ bei #85,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suspendieren is uncommon German at frequency #85,909 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [zʊspɛnˈdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for suspendieren, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 suspendieren, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-D-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden zeitweise von einer Verpflichtung oder einem Amt entbinden
  2. 2
    etwas zeitweilig aufheben
  3. 3
    feste Teilchen in einer Flüssigkeit sehr fein verteilen
  4. 4
    schwebend aufhängen (Gliedmaße)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ein Schüler wird eine Woche von der Schule suspendiert.
  2. „Weil er damit gegen das Schweizer Bankgeheimnis verstieß und zudem nicht im Besitz der Daten hätte sein dürfen, wurde er aus der Vermögensverwaltung suspendiert.“

Synonyms

abberufenablösenabservierenabsetzenausbootenbeurlaubendispensierenenthebenentlassenentmachtenentthronenfreigebenhinauswerfenkündigenstürzenverabschiedenaufschiebenaussetzenvertagen

Antonyms

verpflichten

This word in other languages

suspend(English)suspender(Español)suspendre(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 "suspendieren"?
"suspendieren" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-D-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zʊspɛnˈdiːʁən].
What does "suspendieren" mean?
As a verb, "suspendieren" means: jemanden zeitweise von einer Verpflichtung oder einem Amt entbinden
How do you pronounce "suspendieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspendieren" is [zʊspɛnˈdiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspendieren" come from?
"suspendieren" 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 "suspendieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list