extrapolieren
German, verb
extrapolieren is spelled E-X-T-R-A-P-O-L-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extrapolieren is a German verb meaning “to extrapolate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Extrapolieren is a different word: “gerund of extrapolieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich (aufgrund bekannter Größen in einem speziellen Bereich) rechnerisch einem Ergebnis (in einem anderen…”.
What does extrapolieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extrapolate
Coordinate term: interpolieren
- 2
to extrapolate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of extrapolieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich (aufgrund bekannter Größen in einem speziellen Bereich) rechnerisch einem Ergebnis (in einem anderen Bereich) nähern, näherungsweise ein Resultat angeben 2. einen Ansatz weiterführen, etwas hochrechnen, entwickeln, von Bekanntem auf Unbekanntes schließen
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 extrapolieren
- extrapoliert present singular third-person
- extrapolierte past
- haben auxiliary
- extrapolierend participle present
- extrapoliere first-person indicative present
- extrapolierst indicative present second-person
- extrapolierest second-person singular subjunctive
- extrapolieret plural second-person subjunctive
- extrapolierten first-person indicative plural
- extrapoliertest indicative preterite second-person
- extrapoliertet indicative plural preterite
- extrapolier imperative second-person singular
- habe extrapoliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben extrapoliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- extrapolier! imperative singular
- extrapoliere! imperative singular
- extrapoliert! imperative plural
- extrapoliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to extrapolieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extrapolieren in German?
extrapolieren appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).