dieser
German, pronoun/ˈdiːzər/
dieser is spelled D-I-E-S-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1,096 times per million words in written German, the 97th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dieser is a German pronoun meaning “this one, this” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “attributiver Gebrauch, um ein ganz bestimmtes, nahe liegendes Nomen hervorzuheben”.
What does dieser mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
this one, this
- 2
that one, that
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. attributiver Gebrauch, um ein ganz bestimmtes, nahe liegendes Nomen hervorzuheben 2. substitutives Pronomen
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 dieser
- diese feminine nominative singular
- dieses neuter nominative singular
- diesem dative masculine singular
- diesen dative plural
- diser alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dieser?
- /ˈdiːzər/
- [ˈdiːzɐ]
- Austria [ˈd̥iːz̥ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dieser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dieser in German?
dieser appears 1,096 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).