isolieren
German, verb
isolieren is spelled I-S-O-L-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Isolieren is a German verb meaning “to isolate, to insulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Isolieren is a different word: “gerund of isolieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder jemanden von seiner Umgebung abtrennen”.
What does isolieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to isolate, to insulate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of isolieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden von seiner Umgebung abtrennen 2. den elektrischen Stromfluss zwischen einem elektrischen Leiter und seiner Umgebung unterbinden oder behindern 3. den Wärmefluss zwischen zwei Räumen unterbinden oder behindern 4. ein Argument oder einen Standpunkt für sich allein betrachten
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 isolieren
- isoliert present singular third-person
- isolierte past
- haben auxiliary
- isolierend participle present
- isoliere first-person indicative present
- isolierst indicative present second-person
- isolierest second-person singular subjunctive
- isolieret plural second-person subjunctive
- isolierten first-person indicative plural
- isoliertest indicative preterite second-person
- isoliertet indicative plural preterite
- isolier imperative second-person singular
- habe isoliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben isoliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- isoliere! imperative singular
- isolier! imperative singular
- isoliert! imperative plural
- isoliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to isolieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is isolieren in German?
isolieren appears 2.5 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).