elektrisieren
German, verb[elɛktʁiˈziːʁən]
elektrisieren is spelled E-L-E-K-T-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elektrisieren is a German verb meaning “electrify (supply electricity to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit elektrischem Strom behandeln, traktieren; unter Strom setzen”.
What does elektrisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
electrify (supply electricity to)
- 2
electrify (excite suddenly)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit elektrischem Strom behandeln, traktieren; unter Strom setzen 2. bei jemandem plötzlich erstaunte Aufmerksamkeit erregen
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 elektrisieren
- elektrisiert present singular third-person
- elektrisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- elektrisierend participle present
- elektrisiere first-person indicative present
- elektrisierst indicative present second-person
- elektrisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- elektrisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- elektrisierten first-person indicative plural
- elektrisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- elektrisiertet indicative plural preterite
- elektrisier imperative second-person singular
- habe elektrisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben elektrisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- elektrisiere! imperative singular
- elektrisier! imperative singular
- elektrisiert! imperative plural
- elektrisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elektrisieren?
- [elɛktʁiˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elektrisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elektrisieren in German?
elektrisieren appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).