abonnieren
German, verb
abonnieren is spelled A-B-O-N-N-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abonnieren is a German verb meaning “to subscribe (to a newspaper, a [social media/TV] channel, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abonnieren is a different word: “gerund of abonnieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in einem Abonnement beziehen”.
What does abonnieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to subscribe (to a newspaper, a [social media/TV] channel, etc.)
- 2
to follow (e.g., on Instagram or Twitter)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abonnieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in einem Abonnement beziehen
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 abonnieren
- abonniert present singular third-person
- abonnierte past
- haben auxiliary
- abonnierend participle present
- abonniere first-person indicative present
- abonnierst indicative present second-person
- abonnierest second-person singular subjunctive
- abonnieret plural second-person subjunctive
- abonnierten first-person indicative plural
- abonniertest indicative preterite second-person
- abonniertet indicative plural preterite
- abonnier imperative second-person singular
- habe abonniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben abonniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- abonniere! imperative singular
- abonnier! imperative singular
- abonniert! imperative plural
- abonniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abonnieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abonnieren in German?
abonnieren appears 3.2 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).