differenzieren
German, verb/dɪfəʁɛnˈtsiːʁən/
differenzieren is spelled D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-Z-I-E-R-E-N (14 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Differenzieren is a German verb meaning “to differentiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Unterschied machen; feststellen, dass etwas verschieden ist”.
What does differenzieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to differentiate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Unterschied machen; feststellen, dass etwas verschieden ist 2. die Ableitung einer Funktion bilden
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 differenzieren
- differenziert present singular third-person
- differenzierte past
- haben auxiliary
- differenzierend participle present
- differenziere first-person indicative present
- differenzierst indicative present second-person
- differenzierest second-person singular subjunctive
- differenzieret plural second-person subjunctive
- differenzierten first-person indicative plural
- differenziertest indicative preterite second-person
- differenziertet indicative plural preterite
- differenzier imperative second-person singular
- habe differenziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben differenziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- differenziere! imperative singular
- differenzier! imperative singular
- differenziert! imperative plural
- differenziert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce differenzieren?
- /dɪfəʁɛnˈtsiːʁən/
- [dɪfəʁɛnˈtsiːɐ̯n]
- [ˌdɪfəʁɛnˈt͡siːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to differenzieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is differenzieren in German?
differenzieren appears 2.4 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).