kommandieren
German, verb/kɔmanˈdiːrən/
kommandieren is spelled K-O-M-M-A-N-D-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kommandieren is a German verb meaning “to command; to be in command, in charge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Befugnis zur Erteilung von Befehlen über jemanden haben”.
What does kommandieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to command; to be in command, in charge
- 2
to command (a unit); to be the commanding officer of
- 3
to command (a soldier) to go to some place or assume some position
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Befugnis zur Erteilung von Befehlen über jemanden haben 2. einen (konkreten) Befehl erteilen 3. (lautstark) Befehle erteilen, auch die entsprechende Erlaubnis
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 kommandieren
- kommandiert present singular third-person
- kommandierte past
- haben auxiliary
- kommandierend participle present
- kommandiere first-person indicative present
- kommandierst indicative present second-person
- kommandierest second-person singular subjunctive
- kommandieret plural second-person subjunctive
- kommandierten first-person indicative plural
- kommandiertest indicative preterite second-person
- kommandiertet indicative plural preterite
- kommandier imperative second-person singular
- habe kommandiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben kommandiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kommandiere! imperative singular
- kommandier! imperative singular
- kommandiert! imperative plural
- kommandiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kommandieren?
- /kɔmanˈdiːrən/
- [-ˈdiːʁən]
- [-ˈdiː.ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kommandieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kommandieren in German?
kommandieren appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).