funktionieren
German, verb/ˌfʊŋ(k)tsjoˈniːrən/
funktionieren is spelled F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funktionieren is a German verb meaning “to work, function” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorschriftsmäßig arbeiten”.
What does funktionieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work, function
Die neue Waschmaschine funktioniert ausgezeichnet.
- 2
to work, work out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vorschriftsmäßig arbeiten
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 funktionieren
- funktioniert present singular third-person
- funktionierte past
- haben auxiliary
- funktionierend participle present
- funktioniere first-person indicative present
- funktionierst indicative present second-person
- funktionierest second-person singular subjunctive
- funktionieret plural second-person subjunctive
- funktionierten first-person indicative plural
- funktioniertest indicative preterite second-person
- funktioniertet indicative plural preterite
- funktionier imperative second-person singular
- habe funktioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben funktioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- funktioniere! imperative singular
- funktionier! imperative singular
- funktioniert! imperative plural
- funktioniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funktionieren?
- /ˌfʊŋ(k)tsjoˈniːrən/
- [ˌfʊŋk.t͡sjo-]
- [ˌfʊŋ.t͡sjo-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to funktionieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is funktionieren in German?
funktionieren appears 32 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).