gratulieren
German, verb/ɡʁatuˈliːʁən/
gratulieren is spelled G-R-A-T-U-L-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gratulieren is a German verb meaning “to congratulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem für etwas einen Glückwunsch aussprechen”.
What does gratulieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to congratulate
Ich gratuliere dir.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem für etwas einen Glückwunsch aussprechen
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 gratulieren
- gratuliert present singular third-person
- gratulierte past
- haben auxiliary
- gratulierend participle present
- gratuliere first-person indicative present
- gratulierst indicative present second-person
- gratulierest second-person singular subjunctive
- gratulieret plural second-person subjunctive
- gratulierten first-person indicative plural
- gratuliertest indicative preterite second-person
- gratuliertet indicative plural preterite
- gratulier imperative second-person singular
- habe gratuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gratuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- gratulier! imperative singular
- gratuliere! imperative singular
- gratuliert! imperative plural
- gratuliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gratulieren?
- /ɡʁatuˈliːʁən/
- [ɡʁatuˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gratulieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gratulieren in German?
gratulieren appears 5.6 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).