diktieren
German, verb
diktieren is spelled D-I-K-T-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 33,501st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diktieren is a German verb meaning “to dictate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Diktieren is a different word: “gerund of diktieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zur Niederschrift vorsprechen”.
What does diktieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dictate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of diktieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zur Niederschrift vorsprechen 2. bei jemandem etwas durchsetzen oder erzwingen
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 diktieren
- diktiert present singular third-person
- diktierte past
- haben auxiliary
- diktierend participle present
- diktiere first-person indicative present
- diktierst indicative present second-person
- diktierest second-person singular subjunctive
- diktieret plural second-person subjunctive
- diktierten first-person indicative plural
- diktiertest indicative preterite second-person
- diktiertet indicative plural preterite
- diktier imperative second-person singular
- habe diktiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben diktiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- diktiere! imperative singular
- diktier! imperative singular
- diktiert! imperative plural
- diktiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to diktieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diktieren in German?
diktieren appears 1.3 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).