initialisieren
German, verb/ɪnɪtsi̯aliˈziːʁən/
initialisieren is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initialisieren is a German verb meaning “to initialize / initialise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so anstoßen oder vorbereiten, dass mit der eigentlichen Arbeit begonnen werden kann”.
What does initialisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to initialize / initialise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so anstoßen oder vorbereiten, dass mit der eigentlichen Arbeit begonnen werden kann
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 initialisieren
- initialisiert present singular third-person
- initialisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- initialisierend participle present
- initialisiere first-person indicative present
- initialisierst indicative present second-person
- initialisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- initialisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- initialisierten first-person indicative plural
- initialisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- initialisiertet indicative plural preterite
- initialisier imperative second-person singular
- habe initialisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben initialisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- initialisiere! imperative singular
- initialisier! imperative singular
- initialisiert! imperative plural
- initialisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce initialisieren?
- /ɪnɪtsi̯aliˈziːʁən/
- [ʔɪnɪtsi̯aliˈziːɐ̯n]
- [init͡si̯aliˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to initialisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is initialisieren in German?
initialisieren appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).