flanieren
German, verb/flaˈniːʁən/
flanieren is spelled F-L-A-N-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flanieren is a German verb meaning “to stroll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam, ohne besonderes Ziel umherschlendern”.
What does flanieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stroll
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. langsam, ohne besonderes Ziel umherschlendern
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 flanieren
- flaniert present singular third-person
- flanierte past
- sein auxiliary
- flanierend participle present
- flaniere first-person indicative present
- flanierst indicative present second-person
- flanierest second-person singular subjunctive
- flanieret plural second-person subjunctive
- flanierten first-person indicative plural
- flaniertest indicative preterite second-person
- flaniertet indicative plural preterite
- flanier imperative second-person singular
- bin flaniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind flaniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- flaniere! imperative singular
- flanier! imperative singular
- flaniert! imperative plural
- haben auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flanieren?
- /flaˈniːʁən/
- [flaˈniːɐ̯n]
- [flaˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flanieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flanieren in German?
flanieren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).