Urbanisierung

[ʊʁbaniˈziːʁʊŋ]

/[ʊʁbaniˈziːʁʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Urbanisierung” is uncommon German (frequency #50,138 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,138
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die städtebauliche Erschließung von Gelände

Corpus desk

Index DE-urbanisierung · Urbanisierung · German

Urbanisierung · rank #50,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,138
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH upgrades

Nearest frequency peer: upgrades (-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 „Urbanisierung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Urbanisierung
PropertyValue
HeadwordUrbanisierung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʊʁbaniˈziːʁʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,138
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Urbanisierung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „upgrades“ (#50,137), „Unwillen“ (#50,136), „verabscheuen“ (#50,140). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Urbanisierung“ bei #50,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Urbanisierung is uncommon German at frequency #50,138 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊʁbaniˈziːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Urbanisierung, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Urbanisierung, spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    die städtebauliche Erschließung von Gelände
  2. 2
    die Gesamtheit der sozialen Veränderungen, die sich aus [1] ergeben.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Obwohl bereits 51 % der Chinesen in urbanen Gebieten leben, ist der Prozess der Urbanisierung noch in vollem Gange.
  2. „Die fortschreitende Urbanisierung kam den Japanern zugute.“

Synonyms

UrbanisationVerstädterung

This word in other languages

urbanization(English)urbanización(Español)urbanisation(Français)urbanização(Português)

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 "Urbanisierung"?
"Urbanisierung" is spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊʁbaniˈziːʁʊŋ].
What does "Urbanisierung" mean?
As a noun, "Urbanisierung" means: die städtebauliche Erschließung von Gelände
How do you pronounce "Urbanisierung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Urbanisierung" is [ʊʁbaniˈziːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unempfindlich#50,127uneinheitlich#50,126Verschleppung#50,156Verwahrlosung#50,162

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list