internieren
German, verb/ɪntəˈniːʁən/
internieren is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Internieren is a German verb meaning “to intern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “politische Gegner in Lager einsperren”.
What does internieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. politische Gegner in Lager einsperren
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 internieren
- interniert present singular third-person
- internierte past
- haben auxiliary
- internierend participle present
- interniere first-person indicative present
- internierst indicative present second-person
- internierest second-person singular subjunctive
- internieret plural second-person subjunctive
- internierten first-person indicative plural
- interniertest indicative preterite second-person
- interniertet indicative plural preterite
- internier imperative second-person singular
- habe interniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben interniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- interniere! imperative singular
- internier! imperative singular
- interniert! imperative plural
- interniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce internieren?
- /ɪntəˈniːʁən/
- [ʔɪntʰəˈniːɐ̯n]
- [ɪntɐˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to internieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is internieren in German?
internieren appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).