interessieren
German, verb/ˌɪn.tə.ʁɛˈsiː.ʁən/
interessieren is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-S-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interessieren is a German verb meaning “to interest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “transitiv, unpersönlich”.
What does interessieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to interest
Theater interessiert mich nicht.
- 2
to be interested in
Claudia interessiert sich für holländische Architektur.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transitiv, unpersönlich: 2. jemandes Interesse/Anteilnahme (an etwas) erregen; in jemandem. den Wunsch erzeugen, sich näher mit etwas zu befassen oder für etwas einzusetzen 3. reflexiv: 4. an etwas/jemandem Interesse haben, etwas/jemanden kennen lernen wollen, seine Aufmerksamkeit auf etwas/jemanden richten, geistig Anteil an etwas nehmen, etwas anstreben
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 interessieren
- interessiert present singular third-person
- interessierte past
- haben auxiliary
- interessierend participle present
- interessiere first-person indicative present
- interessierst indicative present second-person
- interessierest second-person singular subjunctive
- interessieret plural second-person subjunctive
- interessierten first-person indicative plural
- interessiertest indicative preterite second-person
- interessiertet indicative plural preterite
- interessier imperative second-person singular
- habe interessiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben interessiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- interessiere! imperative singular
- interessier! imperative singular
- interessiert! imperative plural
- interessiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interessieren?
- standard /ˌɪn.tə.ʁɛˈsiː.ʁən/
- /ˌɪn.tʁəˈsiː.ɐn/
- /ˌɪn.tʁəˈsiːɐ̯n/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interessieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interessieren in German?
interessieren appears 28 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).