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etikettieren

German, verb/ʔetikɛˈtiːʁən/

etikettieren is a German verb meaning “to label, to tag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Etikett, ein kennzeichnendes Informationsschildchen, an etwas anbringen”.

What does etikettieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to label, to tag

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ein Etikett, ein kennzeichnendes Informationsschildchen, an etwas anbringen 2. (vorschnell) mit einer einordnenden, manchmal zu grob generalisierenden Überschrift versehen

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 etikettieren

  • etikettiert present singular third-person
  • etikettierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • etikettierend participle present
  • etikettiere first-person indicative present
  • etikettierst indicative present second-person
  • etikettierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • etikettieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • etikettierten first-person indicative plural
  • etikettiertest indicative preterite second-person
  • etikettiertet indicative plural preterite
  • etikettier imperative second-person singular
  • habe etikettiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben etikettiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • etikettier! imperative singular
  • etikettiere! imperative singular
  • etikettiert! imperative plural
  • etikettiert haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce etikettieren?

  • /ʔetikɛˈtiːʁən/
  • [-ʁn̩]
  • [etikɛˈtiːʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to etikettieren

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is etikettieren in German?

etikettieren appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).