modernisieren
German, verb[modɛʁniˈziːʁən]
modernisieren is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modernisieren is a German verb meaning “to modernize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem bestehenden Standard auf ein Niveau bringen, das besser, moderner, neuer, geeigneter ist”.
What does modernisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to modernize
die Verwaltung modernisieren
- 2
to modernize (chiefly in the context of renovation of one's facilities)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einem bestehenden Standard auf ein Niveau bringen, das besser, moderner, neuer, geeigneter ist 2. aus seinem alten Zusammenhang nehmen und in einen aktuelleren setzen
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 modernisieren
- modernisiert present singular third-person
- modernisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- modernisierend participle present
- modernisiere first-person indicative present
- modernisierst indicative present second-person
- modernisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- modernisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- modernisierten first-person indicative plural
- modernisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- modernisiertet indicative plural preterite
- modernisier imperative second-person singular
- habe modernisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben modernisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- modernisier! imperative singular
- modernisiere! imperative singular
- modernisiert! imperative plural
- modernisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modernisieren?
- [modɛʁniˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modernisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modernisieren in German?
modernisieren appears 1.5 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).