formulieren
German, verb/fɔʁmuˈliːʁən/
formulieren is spelled F-O-R-M-U-L-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formulieren is a German verb meaning “to formulate, to put into words (a thought, question, request)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Wortlaut von etwas festlegen/definieren bzw. einen kurzen, verfestigten sprachlichen Ausdruck festlegen”.
What does formulieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to formulate, to put into words (a thought, question, request)
- 2
to phrase, to word (to put something a certain way, as opposed to an alternative way to express the same basic content)
Ich hätte das anders formuliert.
- 3
to formulate (a hypothesis, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Wortlaut von etwas festlegen/definieren bzw. einen kurzen, verfestigten sprachlichen Ausdruck festlegen 2. eine Folge von Symbolen zur verkürzten Bezeichnung/Beschreibung eines Sachverhalts erstellen
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 formulieren
- formuliert present singular third-person
- formulierte past
- haben auxiliary
- formulierend participle present
- formuliere first-person indicative present
- formulierst indicative present second-person
- formulierest second-person singular subjunctive
- formulieret plural second-person subjunctive
- formulierten first-person indicative plural
- formuliertest indicative preterite second-person
- formuliertet indicative plural preterite
- formulier imperative second-person singular
- habe formuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben formuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- formuliere! imperative singular
- formulier! imperative singular
- formuliert! imperative plural
- formuliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formulieren?
- /fɔʁmuˈliːʁən/
- [fɔʁmuˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to formulieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formulieren in German?
formulieren appears 6.5 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).