furnieren
German, verb
furnieren is spelled F-U-R-N-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furnieren is a German verb meaning “to veneer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Furnieren is a different word: “dative plural of Furnier”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(Möbelteile) mit einem Furnier versehen”.
What does furnieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to veneer
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Furnier
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (Möbelteile) mit einem Furnier versehen 2. (jemandem etwas) an die Hand geben, versorgend dargeben
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 furnieren
- furniert present singular third-person
- furnierte past
- haben auxiliary
- furnierend participle present
- furniere first-person indicative present
- furnierst indicative present second-person
- furnierest second-person singular subjunctive
- furnieret plural second-person subjunctive
- furnierten first-person indicative plural
- furniertest indicative preterite second-person
- furniertet indicative plural preterite
- furnier imperative second-person singular
- habe furniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben furniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- furnier! imperative singular
- furniere! imperative singular
- furniert! imperative plural
- furniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to furnieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is furnieren in German?
furnieren appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).