existieren
German, verb/ˌɛksɪsˈtiːʁən/
existieren is spelled E-X-I-S-T-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,577th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Existieren is a German verb meaning “to exist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “da sein, vorhanden sein, ein Teil der Realität sein”.
What does existieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exist
Wir existieren, weil Gott uns liebt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. da sein, vorhanden sein, ein Teil der Realität sein 2. auskommen, leben
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 existieren
- existiert present singular third-person
- existierte past
- haben auxiliary
- existierend participle present
- existiere first-person indicative present
- existierst indicative present second-person
- existierest second-person singular subjunctive
- existieret plural second-person subjunctive
- existierten first-person indicative plural
- existiertest indicative preterite second-person
- existiertet indicative plural preterite
- existier imperative second-person singular
- habe existiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben existiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- existiere! imperative singular
- existier! imperative singular
- existiert! imperative plural
- existiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce existieren?
- /ˌɛksɪsˈtiːʁən/
- [ˌɛksɪsˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to existieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is existieren in German?
existieren appears 22 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).