drapieren
German, verb[dʁaˈpiːʁən]
drapieren is spelled D-R-A-P-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drapieren is a German verb meaning “to drape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dekorativ schmücken, kunstvoll anordnen”.
What does drapieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drape
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dekorativ schmücken, kunstvoll anordnen 2. in geordnete Falten legen, um einen bestimmten Effekt zu erlangen 3. flächige Halbzeuge auf gekrümmte Oberflächen aufbringen
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 drapieren
- drapiert present singular third-person
- drapierte past
- haben auxiliary
- drapierend participle present
- drapiere first-person indicative present
- drapierst indicative present second-person
- drapierest second-person singular subjunctive
- drapieret plural second-person subjunctive
- drapierten first-person indicative plural
- drapiertest indicative preterite second-person
- drapiertet indicative plural preterite
- drapier imperative second-person singular
- habe drapiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben drapiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- drapiere! imperative singular
- drapier! imperative singular
- drapiert! imperative plural
- drapiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drapieren?
- [dʁaˈpiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to drapieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is drapieren in German?
drapieren appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).