demolieren
German, verb/demoˈliːʁən/
demolieren is spelled D-E-M-O-L-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demolieren is a German verb meaning “to demolish, destroy, tear down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Sache mit Absicht Schaden zufügen”.
What does demolieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demolish, destroy, tear down
- 2
Austriato tear down a dilapidated building, specifically
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einer Sache mit Absicht Schaden zufügen
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 demolieren
- demoliert present singular third-person
- demolierte past
- haben auxiliary
- demolierend participle present
- demoliere first-person indicative present
- demolierst indicative present second-person
- demolierest second-person singular subjunctive
- demolieret plural second-person subjunctive
- demolierten first-person indicative plural
- demoliertest indicative preterite second-person
- demoliertet indicative plural preterite
- demolier imperative second-person singular
- habe demoliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben demoliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- demolier! imperative singular
- demoliere! imperative singular
- demoliert! imperative plural
- demoliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce demolieren?
- /demoˈliːʁən/
- [demoˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is demolieren in German?
demolieren appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).