terminieren
[tɛʁmiˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“terminieren” 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) - eine Zeitspanne festlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-terminieren · terminieren · German
terminieren · 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 "T" 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 | terminieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tɛʁmiˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „terminieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
terminieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [tɛʁmiˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
terminieren has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 terminieren, spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Zeitspanne festlegen
- 2einen Zeitpunkt, einen Termin festlegen
- 3auslöschen, töten
- 4als Bettelmönch Almosen für das Kloster sammeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how terminieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Meeting ist auf 3 Stunden terminiert.
Die Veranstaltung wurde auf den 5. Juli terminiert.
Synonyms
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.