fernsteuern
German, verb[ˈfɛʁnˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]
fernsteuern is spelled F-E-R-N-S-T-E-U-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fernsteuern is a German verb meaning “to telecontrol, to control remotely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über einen Apparat (eine Steuerung, die es einem ermöglicht, weiter weg/entfernt zu sein) eine Aktion auslösen”.
What does fernsteuern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to telecontrol, to control remotely
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. über einen Apparat (eine Steuerung, die es einem ermöglicht, weiter weg/entfernt zu sein) eine Aktion auslösen
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 fernsteuern
- steuert fern present singular third-person
- steuerte fern past
- ferngesteuert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fernsteuernd participle present
- fernzusteuern infinitive infinitive-zu
- steure fern first-person indicative present
- steuere fern first-person indicative present
- steuer fern first-person indicative present
- steuern fern first-person indicative plural
- steuerst fern indicative present second-person
- steuerest fern second-person singular subjunctive
- steurest fern second-person singular subjunctive
- steueret fern plural second-person subjunctive
- steuret fern plural second-person subjunctive
- steuerten fern first-person indicative plural
- steuertest fern indicative preterite second-person
- steuertet fern indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fernsteuern?
- [ˈfɛʁnˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fernsteuern in German?
fernsteuern appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).