-fizieren
German, suffix/iːrən/
-fizieren is spelled F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters). -fizieren is a German suffix meaning “Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found mainly as a rendering of the Latin suffixes in borrowings, but it is also sometimes…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does -fizieren mean in English?
suffix
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Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found mainly as a rendering of the Latin suffixes in borrowings, but it is also sometimes applied with a factitive meaning to German stems.
Elektrik (“electricity”) + -fizieren → elektrifizieren (“to electrify”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce -fizieren?
- /iːrən/
- [fiˈt͡siːʁən]
- [iːrən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.