deklinieren
German, verb[dekliˈniːʁən]
deklinieren is spelled D-E-K-L-I-N-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deklinieren is a German verb meaning “to decline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(ein Substantiv, Adjektiv, Pronomen, Artikelwort) beugen”.
What does deklinieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decline
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (ein Substantiv, Adjektiv, Pronomen, Artikelwort) beugen 2. [auf eine bestimmte Weise] gebeugt werden 3. etwas sehr gründlich abhandeln, beschreiben, darstellen etc.; etwas in allen seinen Facetten durchdenken, durchspielen 4. sich neigen, senken; sich verringern; nachlassen
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 deklinieren
- dekliniert present singular third-person
- deklinierte past
- haben auxiliary
- deklinierend participle present
- dekliniere first-person indicative present
- deklinierst indicative present second-person
- deklinierest second-person singular subjunctive
- deklinieret plural second-person subjunctive
- deklinierten first-person indicative plural
- dekliniertest indicative preterite second-person
- dekliniertet indicative plural preterite
- deklinier imperative second-person singular
- habe dekliniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben dekliniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- declinieren obsolete
- dekliniere! imperative singular
- deklinier! imperative singular
- dekliniert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deklinieren?
- [dekliˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is deklinieren in German?
deklinieren appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).