designieren
German, verb/deziˈɡniːʁən/
designieren is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Designieren is a German verb meaning “to designate (mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “voraus ernennen, bezeichnen, vorsehen, bestimmen”.
What does designieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to designate (mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. voraus ernennen, bezeichnen, vorsehen, bestimmen
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 designieren
- designiert present singular third-person
- designierte past
- haben auxiliary
- designierend participle present
- designiere first-person indicative present
- designierst indicative present second-person
- designierest second-person singular subjunctive
- designieret plural second-person subjunctive
- designierten first-person indicative plural
- designiertest indicative preterite second-person
- designiertet indicative plural preterite
- designier imperative second-person singular
- habe designiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben designiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- designiere! imperative singular
- designier! imperative singular
- designiert! imperative plural
- designiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce designieren?
- /deziˈɡniːʁən/
- standard [deziˈɡniːɐ̯n]
- /desiˈɡniːʁən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to designieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is designieren in German?
designieren appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).