dementieren
German, verb
dementieren is spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dementieren is a German verb meaning “to deny (publicly or officially)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dementieren is a different word: “gerund of dementieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “öffentlich einer Behauptung widersprechen; ein Dementi abgeben”.
What does dementieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deny (publicly or officially)
Die Regierung hat den Zeitungsbericht dementiert.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of dementieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. öffentlich einer Behauptung widersprechen; ein Dementi abgeben
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 dementieren
- dementiert present singular third-person
- dementierte past
- haben auxiliary
- dementierend participle present
- dementiere first-person indicative present
- dementierst indicative present second-person
- dementierest second-person singular subjunctive
- dementieret plural second-person subjunctive
- dementierten first-person indicative plural
- dementiertest indicative preterite second-person
- dementiertet indicative plural preterite
- dementier imperative second-person singular
- habe dementiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben dementiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- dementiere! imperative singular
- dementier! imperative singular
- dementiert! imperative plural
- dementiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dementieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dementieren in German?
dementieren appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).