exerzieren
German, verb/ˌɛksɛʁˈt͡siːʁən/
exerzieren is spelled E-X-E-R-Z-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exerzieren is a German verb meaning “to drill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “militärische Übungen durchführen; marschieren in Reih und Glied üben, paradieren üben”.
What does exerzieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drill
- 2
to exercise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. militärische Übungen durchführen; marschieren in Reih und Glied üben, paradieren üben 2. etwas mehrfach üben oder ausführen
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 exerzieren
- exerziert present singular third-person
- exerzierte past
- haben auxiliary
- exerzierend participle present
- exerziere first-person indicative present
- exerzierst indicative present second-person
- exerzierest second-person singular subjunctive
- exerzieret plural second-person subjunctive
- exerzierten first-person indicative plural
- exerziertest indicative preterite second-person
- exerziertet indicative plural preterite
- exerzier imperative second-person singular
- habe exerziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben exerziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- exercieren obsolete
- exerziere! imperative singular
- exerzier! imperative singular
- exerziert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exerzieren?
- /ˌɛksɛʁˈt͡siːʁən/
- [ˌɛksɛʁˈt͡siːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is exerzieren in German?
exerzieren appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).