desinfizieren
German, verb[dɛsʔɪnfiˈt͡siːʁən]
desinfizieren is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinfizieren is a German verb meaning “to disinfect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Bakterien und/oder Keime von etwas entfernen”.
What does desinfizieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disinfect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Bakterien und/oder Keime von etwas entfernen
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 desinfizieren
- desinfiziert present singular third-person
- desinfizierte past
- haben auxiliary
- desinfizierend participle present
- desinfiziere first-person indicative present
- desinfizierst indicative present second-person
- desinfizierest second-person singular subjunctive
- desinfizieret plural second-person subjunctive
- desinfizierten first-person indicative plural
- desinfiziertest indicative preterite second-person
- desinfiziertet indicative plural preterite
- desinfizier imperative second-person singular
- habe desinfiziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben desinfiziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- desinfizier! imperative singular
- desinfiziere! imperative singular
- desinfiziert! imperative plural
- desinfiziert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinfizieren?
- [dɛsʔɪnfiˈt͡siːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desinfizieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desinfizieren in German?
desinfizieren 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).