balsamieren
German, verb/balzaˈmiːʁən/
balsamieren is spelled B-A-L-S-A-M-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written German, the 579,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balsamieren is a German verb meaning “to embalm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Leichnam durch die Behandlung mit konservierenden Stoffen vor dem Verwesen schützen”.
What does balsamieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embalm
- 2
to anoint
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Leichnam durch die Behandlung mit konservierenden Stoffen vor dem Verwesen schützen 2. mit Balsam einreiben
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 balsamieren
- balsamiert present singular third-person
- balsamierte past
- haben auxiliary
- balsamierend participle present
- balsamiere first-person indicative present
- balsamierst indicative present second-person
- balsamierest second-person singular subjunctive
- balsamieret plural second-person subjunctive
- balsamierten first-person indicative plural
- balsamiertest indicative preterite second-person
- balsamiertet indicative plural preterite
- balsamier imperative second-person singular
- habe balsamiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben balsamiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- balsamiere! imperative singular
- balsamier! imperative singular
- balsamiert! imperative plural
- balsamiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balsamieren?
- /balzaˈmiːʁən/
- [balzaˈmiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is balsamieren in German?
balsamieren appears about once in every 85 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).