kompensieren
German, verb/kɔmpɛnˈziːɐ̯n/
kompensieren is spelled K-O-M-P-E-N-S-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kompensieren is a German verb meaning “to compensate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ausgleichen, aufheben”.
What does kompensieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compensate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ausgleichen, aufheben 2. vergüten, verrechnen 3. durch Tausch erwerben 4. die magnetische Wirkung von Stahlteilen in Schiffen und Flugzeugen aufheben
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 kompensieren
- kompensiert present singular third-person
- kompensierte past
- haben auxiliary
- kompensierend participle present
- kompensiere first-person indicative present
- kompensierst indicative present second-person
- kompensierest second-person singular subjunctive
- kompensieret plural second-person subjunctive
- kompensierten first-person indicative plural
- kompensiertest indicative preterite second-person
- kompensiertet indicative plural preterite
- kompensier imperative second-person singular
- habe kompensiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben kompensiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kompensiere! imperative singular
- kompensier! imperative singular
- kompensiert! imperative plural
- kompensiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kompensieren?
- /kɔmpɛnˈziːɐ̯n/
- /kɔmpɛnˈziːʁən/
- [kɔmpɛnˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kompensieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kompensieren in German?
kompensieren appears 3.8 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).