illustrieren
German, verb[ˌɪlʊsˈtʁiːʁən]
illustrieren is spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illustrieren is a German verb meaning “to illustrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit Illustrationen, Bildern schmücken”.
What does illustrieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to illustrate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit Illustrationen, Bildern schmücken 2. jemandem durch Bilder, andere visuelle Hilfsmittel, übertragen auch durch Handlungen, Ereignisse, Prozesse, Beispiele, Vorbilder und anderes veranschaulichen, erläutern, einen Sachverhalt, Eigenschaften und anderes vor Augen führen; anschaulich, nachvollziehbar machen
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 illustrieren
- illustriert present singular third-person
- illustrierte past
- haben auxiliary
- illustrierend participle present
- illustriere first-person indicative present
- illustrierst indicative present second-person
- illustrierest second-person singular subjunctive
- illustrieret plural second-person subjunctive
- illustrierten first-person indicative plural
- illustriertest indicative preterite second-person
- illustriertet indicative plural preterite
- illustrier imperative second-person singular
- habe illustriert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben illustriert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ill., illus., illustr. abbreviation
- illustrier! imperative singular
- illustriere! imperative singular
- illustriert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce illustrieren?
- [ˌɪlʊsˈtʁiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to illustrieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is illustrieren in German?
illustrieren appears 1.3 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).