liquidieren
German, verb[likviˈdiːʁən]
liquidieren is spelled L-I-Q-U-I-D-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liquidieren is a German verb meaning “to liquidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Unternehmen (oder auch andere wirtschaftliche Einheiten, zum Beispiel einen Fonds) auflösen”.
What does liquidieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to liquidate
- 2
to assassinate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Unternehmen (oder auch andere wirtschaftliche Einheiten, zum Beispiel einen Fonds) auflösen 2. jemanden auftragsgemäß töten 3. einen Betrag in Rechnung stellen, den man für erbrachte Leistung als Zahlung erwartet
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 liquidieren
- liquidiert present singular third-person
- liquidierte past
- haben auxiliary
- liquidierend participle present
- liquidiere first-person indicative present
- liquidierst indicative present second-person
- liquidierest second-person singular subjunctive
- liquidieret plural second-person subjunctive
- liquidierten first-person indicative plural
- liquidiertest indicative preterite second-person
- liquidiertet indicative plural preterite
- liquidier imperative second-person singular
- habe liquidiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben liquidiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- liquidier! imperative singular
- liquidiere! imperative singular
- liquidiert! imperative plural
- liquidiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liquidieren?
- [likviˈdiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to liquidieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liquidieren in German?
liquidieren appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).