agieren
German, verb
agieren is a German verb meaning “to act, to perform a task” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Agieren is a different word: “gerund of agieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas betreiben, tun”.
What does agieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to act, to perform a task
Sie agierte in dieser Krise mit vollem Engagement.
- 2
to act, to behave (like something or in a certain way)
Du agierst wie ein Idiot.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of agieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas betreiben, tun
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of agieren
- agiert present singular third-person
- agierte past
- haben auxiliary
- agierend participle present
- agiere first-person indicative present
- agierst indicative present second-person
- agierest second-person singular subjunctive
- agieret plural second-person subjunctive
- agierten first-person indicative plural
- agiertest indicative preterite second-person
- agiertet indicative plural preterite
- agier imperative second-person singular
- habe agiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben agiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- agiere! imperative singular
- agier! imperative singular
- agiert! imperative plural
- agiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is agieren in German?
agieren appears 8.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).