kräftigen
German, verb/ˈkʁɛftɪɡən/
kräftigen is spelled K-R-Ä-F-T-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kräftigen is a German verb meaning “synonym of stärken, to strengthen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of kräftig. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas/jemanden kräftig machen”.
What does kräftigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
synonym of stärken, to strengthen
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas/jemanden kräftig machen 2. kräftig werden
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 kräftigen
- kräftigt present singular third-person
- kräftigte past
- gekräftigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kräftigend participle present
- kräftige first-person indicative present
- kräftigst indicative present second-person
- kräftigest second-person singular subjunctive
- kräftiget plural second-person subjunctive
- kräftigten first-person indicative plural
- kräftigtest indicative preterite second-person
- kräftigtet indicative plural preterite
- kräftig imperative second-person singular
- habe gekräftigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gekräftigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kräftig! imperative singular
- kräftige! imperative singular
- kräftigt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kräftigen?
- /ˈkʁɛftɪɡən/
- [ˈkʁɛftɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kräftigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kräftigen in German?
kräftigen appears 6.3 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).