alternieren
German, verb/altɐˈniːʁən/
alternieren is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternieren is a German verb meaning “to alternate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich aufeinander folgend abwechseln”.
What does alternieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alternate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich aufeinander folgend abwechseln
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 alternieren
- alterniert present singular third-person
- alternierte past
- haben auxiliary
- alternierend participle present
- alterniere first-person indicative present
- alternierst indicative present second-person
- alternierest second-person singular subjunctive
- alternieret plural second-person subjunctive
- alternierten first-person indicative plural
- alterniertest indicative preterite second-person
- alterniertet indicative plural preterite
- alternier imperative second-person singular
- habe alterniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben alterniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- alterniere! imperative singular
- alternier! imperative singular
- alterniert! imperative plural
- alterniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alternieren?
- /altɐˈniːʁən/
- /altɐˈniːɐ̯n/
- [altɐˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alternieren in German?
alternieren appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).