urgieren
[uʁˈɡiːʁən]
The verdict
“urgieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drängen, treiben, drücken, (fort)stoßen, dichterisch: verdrängen (dies, diem od. nox diem urget), andringen, sich drängen (fluctus ad litora urgent)
Corpus desk
Index DE-urgieren · urgieren · German
urgieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | urgieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [uʁˈɡiːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „urgieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
urgieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [uʁˈɡiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for urgieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is urgieren, spelled U-R-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1drängen, treiben, drücken, (fort)stoßen, dichterisch: verdrängen (dies, diem od. nox diem urget), andringen, sich drängen (fluctus ad litora urgent)
- 2nachfragen, bedrängen, hart zusetzen, keine Ruhe lassen, durch Fragen oder Worte jemanden in die Enge treiben, mit Bitten bestürmen, hartnäckig und beharrlich beim Thema bleiben, darauf bestehen und immerfort betonen, dichterisch: etwas eifrig betreiben, von etwas nicht ablassen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how urgieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die dritte Welle des Coronavirus urgierte, und es war schwer, sie einzudämmen.
… bey diesen Tractaten gantz inständig und beweglich Erinnerung beschehen, auch hart und eifrig urgirt worden …
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.