gelieren
German, verb/ʒeˈliːʁən/
gelieren is spelled G-E-L-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelieren is a German verb meaning “to gelatinize / gelatinise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fest werden, so dass eine bei Erschütterung wackelnde, halbfeste Masse (Gelee) entsteht”.
What does gelieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gelatinize / gelatinise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fest werden, so dass eine bei Erschütterung wackelnde, halbfeste Masse (Gelee) entsteht
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 gelieren
- geliert present singular third-person
- gelierte past
- haben auxiliary
- gelierend participle present
- geliere first-person indicative present
- gelierst indicative present second-person
- gelierest second-person singular subjunctive
- gelieret plural second-person subjunctive
- gelierten first-person indicative plural
- geliertest indicative preterite second-person
- geliertet indicative plural preterite
- gelier imperative second-person singular
- habe geliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- gelier! imperative singular
- geliere! imperative singular
- geliert! imperative plural
- geliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gelieren?
- /ʒeˈliːʁən/
- [ʒeˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gelieren in German?
gelieren appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).