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respektieren

German, verb[ʁespɛkˈtiːʁən]

respektieren is a German verb meaning “to respect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist jemanden oder etwas achten, Respekt zeigen”.

What does respektieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to respect

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. meist jemanden oder etwas achten, Respekt zeigen

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 respektieren

  • respektiert present singular third-person
  • respektierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • respektierend participle present
  • respektiere first-person indicative present
  • respektierst indicative present second-person
  • respektierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • respektieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • respektierten first-person indicative plural
  • respektiertest indicative preterite second-person
  • respektiertet indicative plural preterite
  • respektier imperative second-person singular
  • habe respektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben respektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • respektiere! imperative singular
  • respektier! imperative singular
  • respektiert! imperative plural
  • respektiert haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce respektieren?

  • [ʁespɛkˈtiːʁən]
  • [ʁɛspɛkˈtiːʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to respektieren

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is respektieren in German?

respektieren appears 6.6 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).