imaginieren
German, verb/imaɡiˈniːʁən/
imaginieren is a German verb meaning “to imagine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich (bildlich) vorstellen”.
What does imaginieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imagine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich (bildlich) vorstellen
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 imaginieren
- imaginiert present singular third-person
- imaginierte past
- haben auxiliary
- imaginierend participle present
- imaginiere first-person indicative present
- imaginierst indicative present second-person
- imaginierest second-person singular subjunctive
- imaginieret plural second-person subjunctive
- imaginierten first-person indicative plural
- imaginiertest indicative preterite second-person
- imaginiertet indicative plural preterite
- imaginier imperative second-person singular
- habe imaginiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben imaginiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- imaginier! imperative singular
- imaginiere! imperative singular
- imaginiert! imperative plural
- imaginiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imaginieren?
- /imaɡiˈniːʁən/
- /imaɡiˈniːɐ̯n/
- [imaɡiˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imaginieren in German?
imaginieren appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).