informieren
German, verb/ɪnfoʁˈmiːʁən/
informieren is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Informieren is a German verb meaning “to inform, to update” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Informationen, Nachrichten weitergeben”.
What does informieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inform, to update
Er informierte uns über das bevorstehende Unwetter.
- 2
to read up on, to find out, to research, to look into, (rare) to inform oneself
Ich informiere mich in Zeitungen über die neuesten Trends
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Informationen, Nachrichten weitergeben 2. sich Informationen, Nachrichten beschaffen
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 informieren
- informiert present singular third-person
- informierte past
- haben auxiliary
- informierend participle present
- informiere first-person indicative present
- informierst indicative present second-person
- informierest second-person singular subjunctive
- informieret plural second-person subjunctive
- informierten first-person indicative plural
- informiertest indicative preterite second-person
- informiertet indicative plural preterite
- informier imperative second-person singular
- habe informiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben informiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- inf. abbreviation
- informiere! imperative singular
- informier! imperative singular
- informiert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce informieren?
- /ɪnfoʁˈmiːʁən/
- [ʔɪnfoʁˈmiːɐ̯n]
- [ɪnfɔʁˈmiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to informieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is informieren in German?
informieren appears 30 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).