meistern
German, verb
meistern is spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meistern is a German verb meaning “to master (acquire complete knowledge or skill in art, technique or subject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Meistern is a different word: “dative plural of Meister”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine schwierige Aufgabe gut bewältigen, damit fertig werden”.
What does meistern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to master (acquire complete knowledge or skill in art, technique or subject)
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Meister
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine schwierige Aufgabe gut bewältigen, damit fertig 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 meistern
- meistert present singular third-person
- meisterte past
- gemeistert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- meisternd participle present
- meistre first-person indicative present
- meistere first-person indicative present
- meister first-person indicative present
- meisterst indicative present second-person
- meisterest second-person singular subjunctive
- meistrest second-person singular subjunctive
- meisteret plural second-person subjunctive
- meistret plural second-person subjunctive
- meisterten first-person indicative plural
- meistertest indicative preterite second-person
- meistertet indicative plural preterite
- meistere! imperative singular
- meistert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to meistern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meistern in German?
meistern appears 5.6 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).