finanzieren
German, verb/finanˈtsiːɐ̯n/
finanzieren is spelled F-I-N-A-N-Z-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finanzieren is a German verb meaning “to pay for, to finance, to fund” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch Geld ermöglichen”.
What does finanzieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pay for, to finance, to fund
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch Geld ermöglichen 2. jemandem Geld für ein Vorhaben zur Verfügung stellen
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 finanzieren
- finanziert present singular third-person
- finanzierte past
- haben auxiliary
- finanzierend participle present
- finanziere first-person indicative present
- finanzierst indicative present second-person
- finanzierest second-person singular subjunctive
- finanzieret plural second-person subjunctive
- finanzierten first-person indicative plural
- finanziertest indicative preterite second-person
- finanziertet indicative plural preterite
- finanzier imperative second-person singular
- habe finanziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben finanziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- finanziere! imperative singular
- finanzier! imperative singular
- finanziert! imperative plural
- finanziert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finanzieren?
- /finanˈtsiːɐ̯n/
- /finanˈtsiːʁən/
- [finanˈt͡siːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to finanzieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is finanzieren in German?
finanzieren appears 13 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).