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generieren

German, verb/ɡenəˈʁiːʁən/

generieren is spelled G-E-N-E-R-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Generieren is a German verb meaning “to generate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(automatisch) erzeugen”.

What does generieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to generate

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. (automatisch) erzeugen 2. ableiten, erzeugen

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 generieren

  • generiert present singular third-person
  • generierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • generierend participle present
  • generiere first-person indicative present
  • generierst indicative present second-person
  • generierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • generieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • generierten first-person indicative plural
  • generiertest indicative preterite second-person
  • generiertet indicative plural preterite
  • generier imperative second-person singular
  • habe generiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben generiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • generier! imperative singular
  • generiere! imperative singular
  • generiert! imperative plural
  • generiert haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce generieren?

  • /ɡenəˈʁiːʁən/
  • [ɡenəˈʁiːɐ̯n]
  • [ɡenəˈʁiːʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to generieren

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is generieren in German?

generieren appears 4.5 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).

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