kokettieren
German, verb/kokɛˈtiːrən/
kokettieren is spelled K-O-K-E-T-T-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kokettieren is a German verb meaning “to try to appeal, win favour, especially by playing coy; to foreground one’s merits in a (supposedly) unobtrusive manner, to fish for…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich anderen aufreizend, erregend präsentieren”.
What does kokettieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to try to appeal, win favour, especially by playing coy; to foreground one’s merits in a (supposedly) unobtrusive manner, to fish for compliments
Wenn sie sagt, dass ihr die ganze Aufmerksamkeit gar nichts bedeutet, kokettiert sie ja nur.
- 2
datedto flirt (with a person)
- 3
to toy (with an idea)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich anderen aufreizend, erregend präsentieren 2. mit einem Plan, einer Idee spielen 3. durch vorgespielte Angaben gefallen wollen
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 kokettieren
- kokettiert present singular third-person
- kokettierte past
- haben auxiliary
- kokettierend participle present
- kokettiere first-person indicative present
- kokettierst indicative present second-person
- kokettierest second-person singular subjunctive
- kokettieret plural second-person subjunctive
- kokettierten first-person indicative plural
- kokettiertest indicative preterite second-person
- kokettiertet indicative plural preterite
- kokettier imperative second-person singular
- habe kokettiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben kokettiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kokettiere! imperative singular
- kokettier! imperative singular
- kokettiert! imperative plural
- kokettiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kokettieren?
- /kokɛˈtiːrən/
- [ko.kɛˈtiː.ʁən]
- [ˌkɔ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kokettieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kokettieren in German?
kokettieren 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).