inaktivieren
German, verb
inaktivieren is spelled I-N-A-K-T-I-V-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inaktivieren is a German verb meaning “to inactivate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Inaktivieren is a different word: “gerund of inaktivieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus einem Zustand des Anseins/Funktionierens/Laufens in einen Zustand des Ausseins/Ruhens bringen”.
What does inaktivieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inactivate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of inaktivieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus einem Zustand des Anseins/Funktionierens/Laufens in einen Zustand des Ausseins/Ruhens bringen 2. die Wirksamkeit wegnehmen, unwirksam machen 3. in den Ruhestand schicken
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 inaktivieren
- inaktiviert present singular third-person
- inaktivierte past
- haben auxiliary
- inaktivierend participle present
- inaktiviere first-person indicative present
- inaktivierst indicative present second-person
- inaktivierest second-person singular subjunctive
- inaktivieret plural second-person subjunctive
- inaktivierten first-person indicative plural
- inaktiviertest indicative preterite second-person
- inaktiviertet indicative plural preterite
- inaktivier imperative second-person singular
- habe inaktiviert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben inaktiviert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- inaktivier! imperative singular
- inaktiviere! imperative singular
- inaktiviert! imperative plural
- inaktiviert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is inaktivieren in German?
inaktivieren appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).