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intonieren

German, verb[ɪntoˈniːʁən]

intonieren is spelled I-N-T-O-N-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intonieren is a German verb meaning “to intone, to intonate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Melodie anstimmen”.

What does intonieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to intone, to intonate

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. eine Melodie anstimmen

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 intonieren

  • intoniert present singular third-person
  • intonierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • intonierend participle present
  • intoniere first-person indicative present
  • intonierst indicative present second-person
  • intonierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • intonieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • intonierten first-person indicative plural
  • intoniertest indicative preterite second-person
  • intoniertet indicative plural preterite
  • intonier imperative second-person singular
  • habe intoniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben intoniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • intoniere! imperative singular
  • intonier! imperative singular
  • intoniert! imperative plural
  • intoniert haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce intonieren?

  • [ɪntoˈniːʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is intonieren in German?

intonieren appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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