charakterisieren
German, verb[kaʁakteʁiˈziːʁən]
charakterisieren is spelled C-H-A-R-A-K-T-E-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (16 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charakterisieren is a German verb meaning “to characterize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “‚etwas charakterisiert jemanden:‘ für jemanden typisch, kennzeichnend sein”.
What does charakterisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to characterize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ‚etwas charakterisiert jemanden:‘ für jemanden typisch, kennzeichnend sein
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 charakterisieren
- charakterisiert present singular third-person
- charakterisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- charakterisierend participle present
- charakterisiere first-person indicative present
- charakterisierst indicative present second-person
- charakterisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- charakterisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- charakterisierten first-person indicative plural
- charakterisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- charakterisiertet indicative plural preterite
- charakterisier imperative second-person singular
- habe charakterisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben charakterisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- characterisieren obsolete
- charakterisiere! imperative singular
- charakterisier! imperative singular
- charakterisiert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charakterisieren?
- [kaʁakteʁiˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charakterisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charakterisieren in German?
charakterisieren appears 1.1 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).