explodieren
German, verb/ɛksploˈdiːʁən/
explodieren is spelled E-X-P-L-O-D-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explodieren is a German verb meaning “to explode” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzlich heftig auseinanderfliegen”.
What does explodieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to explode
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. plötzlich heftig auseinanderfliegen 2. einen starken Gefühlsausbruch haben, richtig wütend werden 3. sehr plötzlich sehr viel mehr werden
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 explodieren
- explodiert present singular third-person
- explodierte past
- sein auxiliary
- explodierend participle present
- explodiere first-person indicative present
- explodierst indicative present second-person
- explodierest second-person singular subjunctive
- explodieret plural second-person subjunctive
- explodierten first-person indicative plural
- explodiertest indicative preterite second-person
- explodiertet indicative plural preterite
- explodier imperative second-person singular
- bin explodiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind explodiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- explodier! imperative singular
- explodiere! imperative singular
- explodiert! imperative plural
- explodiert sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce explodieren?
- /ɛksploˈdiːʁən/
- [ɛksploˈdiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to explodieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is explodieren in German?
explodieren appears 4.3 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).