zitieren
\t͡siˈtiːʀən\
The verdict
“zitieren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Citer un texte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zitieren · zitieren · French
zitieren · 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 "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 | zitieren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \t͡siˈtiːʀən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zitieren » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zitieren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \t͡siˈtiːʀən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zitieren, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 French form is zitieren, spelled Z-I-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Citer un texte.
- 2Citer ce que quelqu'un a dit ou écrit (l’objet est la personne).
- 3Convoquer, citer, assigner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zitieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn du schon zitierst, dann bitte wortgetreu.
Detlef hat einen auf Urheberrecht spezialisierten Anwalt engagiert, der alle Medien abmahnt, die seine Werke verwenden, ohne ordnungsgemäß zu zitieren.
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.