desillusionieren
German, verb[dɛsʔɪluzi̯oˈniːʁən]
desillusionieren is spelled D-E-S-I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desillusionieren is a German verb meaning “to disillusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die positive Einschätzung, Hoffnung, Euphorie oder Illusion nehmen und in eine ernstere Stimmung versetzen…”.
What does desillusionieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disillusion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die positive Einschätzung, Hoffnung, Euphorie oder Illusion nehmen und in eine ernstere Stimmung versetzen, die mehr den Tatsachen entspricht
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 desillusionieren
- desillusioniert present singular third-person
- desillusionierte past
- haben auxiliary
- desillusionierend participle present
- desillusioniere first-person indicative present
- desillusionierst indicative present second-person
- desillusionierest second-person singular subjunctive
- desillusionieret plural second-person subjunctive
- desillusionierten first-person indicative plural
- desillusioniertest indicative preterite second-person
- desillusioniertet indicative plural preterite
- desillusionier imperative second-person singular
- habe desillusioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben desillusioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- desillusionier! imperative singular
- desillusioniere! imperative singular
- desillusioniert! imperative plural
- desillusioniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desillusionieren?
- [dɛsʔɪluzi̯oˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desillusionieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desillusionieren in German?
desillusionieren appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).