votieren

[voˈtiːʁən]

/[voˈtiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“votieren” is uncommon German (frequency #96,487 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,487
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich für/gegen jemanden oder etwas entscheiden, seine Stimme für/gegen jemanden oder etwas abgeben

Corpus desk

Index DE-votieren · votieren · German

votieren · rank #96,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,487
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorzusorgen

Nearest frequency peer: vorzusorgen (-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 „votieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for votieren
PropertyValue
Headwordvotieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[voˈtiːʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „votieren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).votierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorzusorgen“ (#96,486), „Vortäuschung“ (#96,485), „wagemutig“ (#96,489). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „votieren“ bei #96,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

votieren is uncommon German at frequency #96,487 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [voˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

votieren has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is votieren, spelled V-O-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich für/gegen jemanden oder etwas entscheiden, seine Stimme für/gegen jemanden oder etwas abgeben
  2. 2
    seine Meinung äußern, meist während einer Diskussion

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Mit nur einer Gegenstimme votieren die 87 Delegierten für einen eigenständigen Antritt bei der Wahl im September […].“

This word in other languages

vote(English)votar(Español)voter(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 "votieren"?
"votieren" is spelled V-O-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [voˈtiːʁən].
What does "votieren" mean?
As a verb, "votieren" means: sich für/gegen jemanden oder etwas entscheiden, seine Stimme für/gegen jemanden oder etwas abgeben
How do you pronounce "votieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "votieren" is [voˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "votieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vogelart#96,472Viechern#96,465victoire#96,464vertonen#96,458

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list