designen
German, verb[ˌdiˈzaɪ̯nən]
designen is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Designen is a German verb meaning “to design” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Form für etwas entwerfen, gestalten”.
What does designen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to design
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Form für etwas entwerfen, gestalten
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 designen
- designt present singular third-person
- designte past
- haben auxiliary
- designend participle present
- designe first-person indicative present
- designst indicative present second-person
- designest second-person singular subjunctive
- designet plural second-person subjunctive
- designten first-person indicative plural
- designtest indicative preterite second-person
- designtet indicative plural preterite
- design imperative second-person singular
- habe designt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben designt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- designe! imperative singular
- designt! imperative plural
- designt haben active infinitive perfect
- designt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce designen?
- [ˌdiˈzaɪ̯nən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to designen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is designen in German?
designen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).