brainstormen
German, verb[ˈbʁɛɪ̯nˌstɔːmən]
brainstormen is spelled B-R-A-I-N-S-T-O-R-M-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brainstormen is a German verb meaning “to brainstorm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gemeinsam mit anderen Ideen zu einem vorgegebenen Thema sammeln; ein Brainstorming durchführen”.
What does brainstormen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brainstorm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gemeinsam mit anderen Ideen zu einem vorgegebenen Thema sammeln; ein Brainstorming durchführen
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 brainstormen
- brainstormt present singular third-person
- brainstormte past
- gebrainstormt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- brainstormend participle present
- brainstorme first-person indicative present
- brainstormst indicative present second-person
- brainstormest second-person singular subjunctive
- brainstormet plural second-person subjunctive
- brainstormten first-person indicative plural
- brainstormtest indicative preterite second-person
- brainstormtet indicative plural preterite
- brainstorm imperative second-person singular
- habe gebrainstormt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebrainstormt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- brainstorm! imperative singular
- brainstorme! imperative singular
- brainstormt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brainstormen?
- [ˈbʁɛɪ̯nˌstɔːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brainstormen in German?
brainstormen appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).