detektieren
German, verb/detɛkˈtiːʁən/
detektieren is spelled D-E-T-E-K-T-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detektieren is a German verb meaning “to detect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch intensive Suche (meist mithilfe eines Geräts) herausfinden/entdecken”.
What does detektieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch intensive Suche (meist mithilfe eines Geräts) herausfinden/entdecken
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 detektieren
- detektiert present singular third-person
- detektierte past
- haben auxiliary
- detektierend participle present
- detektiere first-person indicative present
- detektierst indicative present second-person
- detektierest second-person singular subjunctive
- detektieret plural second-person subjunctive
- detektierten first-person indicative plural
- detektiertest indicative preterite second-person
- detektiertet indicative plural preterite
- detektier imperative second-person singular
- habe detektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben detektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- detektier! imperative singular
- detektiere! imperative singular
- detektiert! imperative plural
- detektiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detektieren?
- /detɛkˈtiːʁən/
- [detɛkˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is detektieren in German?
detektieren appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).