titulieren

[tituˈliːʁən]

/[tituˈliːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, insbesondere einem Kunstwerk, Buch oder Aufsatz einen Titel geben, mit einer Überschrift versehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-titulieren · titulieren · German

titulieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 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.

Key facts for titulieren
PropertyValue
Headwordtitulieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[tituˈliːʁən]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „titulieren“ im Deutschen

titulierenliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

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

Rare enough to double-check

titulieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [tituˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for titulieren in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 titulieren, spelled T-I-T-U-L-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas, insbesondere einem Kunstwerk, Buch oder Aufsatz einen Titel geben, mit einer Überschrift versehen
  2. 2
    jemanden mit seinem Titel anreden
  3. 3
    jemanden mit einem negativen Begriff bezeichnen
  4. 4
    einen (Zahlungs-)Anspruch gerichtlich oder notariell und rechtsverbindlich feststellen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „‚Überleg Dir doch das Glaubensbekenntnis etwas‘, hatte Engels schon am 24. November 1847 aus Paris geschrieben, ‚ich glaube, wir tun am besten, wir lassen die Katechismusform weg und titulieren das Ding: Kommunistisches Manifest. […]‘“
  2. „Denn Hieronymus tituliert das Buch mit den Worten ‚threni idest lamentationes ieremiae prophetae‘.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "titulieren"?
"titulieren" is spelled T-I-T-U-L-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [tituˈliːʁən].
What does "titulieren" mean?
As a verb, "titulieren" means: etwas, insbesondere einem Kunstwerk, Buch oder Aufsatz einen Titel geben, mit einer Überschrift versehen
How do you pronounce "titulieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "titulieren" is [tituˈliːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "titulieren" come from?
"titulieren" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list