zivilisieren
[t͡siviliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“zivilisieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewirken, dass ein höherer Grad an Zivilisation erreicht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zivilisieren · zivilisieren · German
zivilisieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zivilisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡siviliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zivilisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zivilisieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡siviliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bewirken, dass ein höherer Grad an Zivilisation erreicht wird".
zivilisieren has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zivilisieren, spelled Z-I-V-I-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1bewirken, dass ein höherer Grad an Zivilisation erreicht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zivilisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So konnten sie offensichtlich eigennützige Feldzüge als altruistische Missionen tarnen, die dazu dienten, wilde Barbaren zu zivilisieren.“
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.