aktivieren
German, verb
aktivieren is spelled A-K-T-I-V-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aktivieren is a German verb meaning “to activate, to enable (to put into operation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aktivieren is a different word: “gerund of aktivieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas in Bewegung versetzen, zu Handlungen, Tätigkeit veranlassen, in Aktion bringen, im…”.
What does aktivieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to activate, to enable (to put into operation)
- 2
to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity)
- 3
to activate (to convert into a reactive form)
- 4
to activate (to make radioactive)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of aktivieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas in Bewegung versetzen, zu Handlungen, Tätigkeit veranlassen, in Aktion bringen, im Zustand verändern oder in einen Zustand bringen 2. als Aktivposten in die Bilanz einstellen 3. bei Katalysatoren, diese zur Reaktion bringen
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 aktivieren
- aktiviert present singular third-person
- aktivierte past
- haben auxiliary
- aktivierend participle present
- aktiviere first-person indicative present
- aktivierst indicative present second-person
- aktivierest second-person singular subjunctive
- aktivieret plural second-person subjunctive
- aktivierten first-person indicative plural
- aktiviertest indicative preterite second-person
- aktiviertet indicative plural preterite
- aktivier imperative second-person singular
- habe aktiviert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben aktiviert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- aktiviere! imperative singular
- aktivier! imperative singular
- aktiviert! imperative plural
- aktiviert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aktivieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aktivieren in German?
aktivieren appears 6.0 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).