flambieren
German, verb/flamˈbiːʁən/
flambieren is spelled F-L-A-M-B-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flambieren is a German verb meaning “to flambé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine fertig gegarte Speise mit (hochprozentigem) Alkohol übergießen, erhitzen und anzünden; das Gericht wird…”.
What does flambieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flambé
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine fertig gegarte Speise mit (hochprozentigem) Alkohol übergießen, erhitzen und anzünden; das Gericht wird um des Effekts willen häufig noch brennend serviert
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 flambieren
- flambiert present singular third-person
- flambierte past
- haben auxiliary
- flambierend participle present
- flambiere first-person indicative present
- flambierst indicative present second-person
- flambierest second-person singular subjunctive
- flambieret plural second-person subjunctive
- flambierten first-person indicative plural
- flambiertest indicative preterite second-person
- flambiertet indicative plural preterite
- flambier imperative second-person singular
- habe flambiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben flambiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- flambier! imperative singular
- flambiere! imperative singular
- flambiert! imperative plural
- flambiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flambieren?
- /flamˈbiːʁən/
- [flamˈbiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flambieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flambieren in German?
flambieren appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).