mitteilen
German, verb
mitteilen is spelled M-I-T-T-E-I-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mitteilen is a German verb meaning “to inform about, to tell, to disclose, to impart, to report, to announce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mitteilen is a different word: “gerund of mitteilen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person über etwas informieren”.
What does mitteilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inform about, to tell, to disclose, to impart, to report, to announce
Das teilte der EU-Präsident mit.
- 2
to share with, to impart, to transfer a deal to
noun
- 1
neutergerund of mitteilen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Person über etwas informieren
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 mitteilen
- teilt mit present singular third-person
- teilte mit past
- mitgeteilt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mitteilend participle present
- mitzuteilen infinitive infinitive-zu
- teile mit first-person indicative present
- teilen mit first-person indicative plural
- teilst mit indicative present second-person
- teilest mit second-person singular subjunctive
- teilet mit plural second-person subjunctive
- teilten mit first-person indicative plural
- teiltest mit indicative preterite second-person
- teiltet mit indicative plural preterite
- teil mit! imperative singular
- teile mit! imperative singular
- teilt mit! imperative plural
- mitgeteilt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mitteilen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mitteilen in German?
mitteilen appears 11 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).