legitimieren
German, verb
legitimieren is spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legitimieren is a German verb meaning “to legitimize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Legitimieren is a different word: “gerund of legitimieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “rechtlich anerkennen, als rechtens erklären”.
What does legitimieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to legitimize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of legitimieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. rechtlich anerkennen, als rechtens erklären 2. jemanden mit gewissen Rechten ausstatten 3. sich ausweisen, seine Identität (und sein Recht auf Anwesenheit) nachweisen
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 legitimieren
- legitimiert present singular third-person
- legitimierte past
- haben auxiliary
- legitimierend participle present
- legitimiere first-person indicative present
- legitimierst indicative present second-person
- legitimierest second-person singular subjunctive
- legitimieret plural second-person subjunctive
- legitimierten first-person indicative plural
- legitimiertest indicative preterite second-person
- legitimiertet indicative plural preterite
- legitimier imperative second-person singular
- habe legitimiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben legitimiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- legitimiere! imperative singular
- legitimier! imperative singular
- legitimiert! imperative plural
- legitimiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to legitimieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legitimieren in German?
legitimieren appears 1.3 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).