reflektieren
German, verb/ʁeflɛkˈtiːʁən/
reflektieren is a German verb meaning “to reflect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zurückwerfen, spiegeln”.
What does reflektieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reflect
- 2
to reflect on, to ponder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zurückwerfen, spiegeln 2. Gedanken hinwenden, nachdenken, (Lage) überdenken, etwas bedenken 3. etwas anstreben, erreichen versuchen
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 reflektieren
- reflektiert present singular third-person
- reflektierte past
- haben auxiliary
- reflektierend participle present
- reflektiere first-person indicative present
- reflektierst indicative present second-person
- reflektierest second-person singular subjunctive
- reflektieret plural second-person subjunctive
- reflektierten first-person indicative plural
- reflektiertest indicative preterite second-person
- reflektiertet indicative plural preterite
- reflektier imperative second-person singular
- habe reflektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben reflektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- reflektiere! imperative singular
- reflektier! imperative singular
- reflektiert! imperative plural
- reflektiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reflektieren?
- /ʁeflɛkˈtiːʁən/
- [ʁeflɛkˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reflektieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reflektieren in German?
reflektieren appears 3.8 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).