alphabetisieren
German, verb
alphabetisieren is spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (15 letters). Alphabetisieren is a German verb meaning “to alphabetize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Alphabetisieren is a different word: “gerund of alphabetisieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas alphabetisch ordnen”.
What does alphabetisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alphabetize
- 2
to teach literacy; to teach to read and write
noun
- 1
neutergerund of alphabetisieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas alphabetisch ordnen 2. jemandem das Lesen und Schreiben beibringen
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 alphabetisieren
- alphabetisiert present singular third-person
- alphabetisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- alphabetisierend participle present
- alphabetisiere first-person indicative present
- alphabetisierst indicative present second-person
- alphabetisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- alphabetisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- alphabetisierten first-person indicative plural
- alphabetisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- alphabetisiertet indicative plural preterite
- alphabetisier imperative second-person singular
- habe alphabetisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben alphabetisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- alphabetisiere! imperative singular
- alphabetisier! imperative singular
- alphabetisiert! imperative plural
- alphabetisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alphabetisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.