legieren
German, verb/leˈɡiːʁən/
legieren is a German verb meaning “to alloy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus ausgewählten Metallen eine Mischung/Legierung zusammenschmelzen”.
What does legieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alloy
- 2
to thicken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus ausgewählten Metallen eine Mischung/Legierung zusammenschmelzen 2. sämig machen, binden, eindicken 3. vermachen, stiften 4. dem Gegner die Klinge wegdrücken
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 legieren
- legiert present singular third-person
- legierte past
- haben auxiliary
- legierend participle present
- legiere first-person indicative present
- legierst indicative present second-person
- legierest second-person singular subjunctive
- legieret plural second-person subjunctive
- legierten first-person indicative plural
- legiertest indicative preterite second-person
- legiertet indicative plural preterite
- legier imperative second-person singular
- habe legiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben legiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- legiren obsolete
- legiere! imperative singular
- legier! imperative singular
- legiert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legieren?
- /leˈɡiːʁən/
- [leˈɡiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legieren in German?
legieren appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).