formalisieren
German, verb
formalisieren is a German verb meaning “to formalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Formalisieren is a different word: “gerund of formalisieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer gewissen (vereinfachenden) Form unterwerfen”.
What does formalisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to formalize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of formalisieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einer gewissen (vereinfachenden) Form unterwerfen 2. eine gewisse Form der Darstellung, zum Beispiel auch ein inneliegendes Prinzip finden, damit etwas besser verstanden und vermittelt werden kann
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 formalisieren
- formalisiert present singular third-person
- formalisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- formalisierend participle present
- formalisiere first-person indicative present
- formalisierst indicative present second-person
- formalisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- formalisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- formalisierten first-person indicative plural
- formalisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- formalisiertet indicative plural preterite
- formalisier imperative second-person singular
- habe formalisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben formalisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- formalisier! imperative singular
- formalisiere! imperative singular
- formalisiert! imperative plural
- formalisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to formalisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formalisieren in German?
formalisieren appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).