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menstruieren

German, verb/mɛnstʁuˈiːʁən/

menstruieren is a German verb meaning “to menstruate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Monatsblutung, Menstruation haben”.

What does menstruieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to menstruate

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. die Monatsblutung, Menstruation haben

noun: 1. Vorgang, dass eine Frau menstruiert/ihre Periode hat

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 menstruieren

  • menstruiert present singular third-person
  • menstruierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • menstruierend participle present
  • menstruiere first-person indicative present
  • menstruierst indicative present second-person
  • menstruierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • menstruieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • menstruierten first-person indicative plural
  • menstruiertest indicative preterite second-person
  • menstruiertet indicative plural preterite
  • menstruier imperative second-person singular
  • habe menstruiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben menstruiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • menstruiere! imperative singular
  • menstruier! imperative singular
  • menstruiert! imperative plural
  • menstruiert haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce menstruieren?

  • /mɛnstʁuˈiːʁən/
  • [mɛnstʁuˈiːʁən]
  • [mɛnstʁuˈʔiːʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to menstruieren

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is menstruieren in German?

menstruieren appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).