experimentieren
German, verb
experimentieren is spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-E-N (15 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Experimentieren is a German verb meaning “to experiment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Experimentieren is a different word: “gerund of experimentieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Experimente durchführen; Versuche anstellen”.
What does experimentieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to experiment
noun
- 1
neutergerund of experimentieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Experimente durchführen; Versuche anstellen
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 experimentieren
- experimentiert present singular third-person
- experimentierte past
- haben auxiliary
- experimentierend participle present
- experimentiere first-person indicative present
- experimentierst indicative present second-person
- experimentierest second-person singular subjunctive
- experimentieret plural second-person subjunctive
- experimentierten first-person indicative plural
- experimentiertest indicative preterite second-person
- experimentiertet indicative plural preterite
- experimentier imperative second-person singular
- habe experimentiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben experimentiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- experimentier! imperative singular
- experimentiere! imperative singular
- experimentiert! imperative plural
- experimentiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to experimentieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is experimentieren in German?
experimentieren appears 2.5 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).