initiieren
German, verb/initsiˈiːʁən/
initiieren is spelled I-N-I-T-I-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initiieren is a German verb meaning “to initiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Anfangsimpuls zu etwas geben; etwas in die Wege leiten”.
What does initiieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to initiate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Anfangsimpuls zu etwas geben; etwas in die Wege leiten 2. in einen Kreis einführen, offiziell zum Mitglied in einer Gemeinschaft mit festen Regeln und Ritualen gemacht werden
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 initiieren
- initiiert present singular third-person
- initiierte past
- haben auxiliary
- initiierend participle present
- initiiere first-person indicative present
- initiierst indicative present second-person
- initiierest second-person singular subjunctive
- initiieret plural second-person subjunctive
- initiierten first-person indicative plural
- initiiertest indicative preterite second-person
- initiiertet indicative plural preterite
- initiier imperative second-person singular
- habe initiiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben initiiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- initiiere! imperative singular
- initiier! imperative singular
- initiiert! imperative plural
- initiiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce initiieren?
- /initsiˈiːʁən/
- [ˌʔɪ.ni.t͡siˈ(ʔ)iː.ʁən]
- [ˌʔiː-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to initiieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is initiieren in German?
initiieren appears 1.0 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).