domestizieren
German, verb
domestizieren is a German verb meaning “to domesticate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Domestizieren is a different word: “gerund of domestizieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein wildes Tier (oder Pflanze) zu einem Haustier (einer Kulturpflanze) züchten”.
What does domestizieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to domesticate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of domestizieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein wildes Tier (oder Pflanze) zu einem Haustier (einer Kulturpflanze) züchten
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 domestizieren
- domestiziert present singular third-person
- domestizierte past
- haben auxiliary
- domestizierend participle present
- domestiziere first-person indicative present
- domestizierst indicative present second-person
- domestizierest second-person singular subjunctive
- domestizieret plural second-person subjunctive
- domestizierten first-person indicative plural
- domestiziertest indicative preterite second-person
- domestiziertet indicative plural preterite
- domestizier imperative second-person singular
- habe domestiziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben domestiziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- domestiziere! imperative singular
- domestizier! imperative singular
- domestiziert! imperative plural
- domestiziert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to domestizieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is domestizieren in German?
domestizieren appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).