Zentrierung
[t͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Zentrierung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prozess und Ergebnis der Ausrichtung nach einem Mittelpunkt oder Anordnung um einen Mittelpunkt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zentrierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zentrierung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zentrierung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Zentrierung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zentrierung, spelled Z-E-N-T-R-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Prozess und Ergebnis der Ausrichtung nach einem Mittelpunkt oder Anordnung um einen Mittelpunkt
- 2Geodäsie: genaue Ausrichtung von Messgeräten auf einen Vermessungspunkt
- 3Optik: Ausrichtung des Brillenglases auf die Pupille
- 4Textformatierung: Ausrichtung von Texten, Graphiken oder Bildern nach der Zeilen- oder Seitenmitte; Ausrichtung von Bildunterschriften nach der Mitte einer Abbildung
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.
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Using “Zentrierung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-N-T-R-I-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡sɛnˈtʁiːʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.