genehmigen
German, verb/ɡəˈneːmɪɡən/
genehmigen is spelled G-E-N-E-H-M-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genehmigen is a German verb meaning “to permit, to sanction, to approve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “insbesondere von behördlicher Seite erlauben, gestatten, akzeptieren, bewilligen”.
What does genehmigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to permit, to sanction, to approve
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. insbesondere von behördlicher Seite erlauben, gestatten, akzeptieren, bewilligen 2. sich erlauben, etwas zu sich zu nehmen oder allgemein etwas zu genießen 3. nachträglich seine Zustimmung erteilen
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 genehmigen
- genehmigt present singular third-person
- genehmigte past
- haben auxiliary
- genehmigend participle present
- genehmige first-person indicative present
- genehmigst indicative present second-person
- genehmigest second-person singular subjunctive
- genehmiget plural second-person subjunctive
- genehmigten first-person indicative plural
- genehmigtest indicative preterite second-person
- genehmigtet indicative plural preterite
- genehmig imperative second-person singular
- habe genehmigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben genehmigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- genehmige! imperative singular
- genehmigt! imperative plural
- genehmigt haben active infinitive perfect
- genehmigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce genehmigen?
- /ɡəˈneːmɪɡən/
- [ɡəˈneːmɪɡŋ̍]
- [ɡəˈneːmɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to genehmigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is genehmigen in German?
genehmigen appears 2.8 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).