marodieren
German, verb/maʁoˈdiːʁən/
marodieren is spelled M-A-R-O-D-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marodieren is a German verb meaning “to maraud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem bewaffneten Konflikt/im Krieg hinter der Truppe (auch aus vorgetäuschter Entkräftung) zurückbleiben…”.
What does marodieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to maraud
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einem bewaffneten Konflikt/im Krieg hinter der Truppe (auch aus vorgetäuschter Entkräftung) zurückbleiben und plündernd umherziehen 2. um sich greifen; sich ausbreiten
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 marodieren
- marodiert present singular third-person
- marodierte past
- haben auxiliary
- marodierend participle present
- marodiere first-person indicative present
- marodierst indicative present second-person
- marodierest second-person singular subjunctive
- marodieret plural second-person subjunctive
- marodierten first-person indicative plural
- marodiertest indicative preterite second-person
- marodiertet indicative plural preterite
- marodier imperative second-person singular
- habe marodiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben marodiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- marodiere! imperative singular
- marodier! imperative singular
- marodiert! imperative plural
- marodiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marodieren?
- /maʁoˈdiːʁən/
- [maʁoˈdiːɐ̯n]
- [ˌmaʁoˈdiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marodieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marodieren in German?
marodieren appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).