navigieren
German, verb/naviˈɡiːrən/
navigieren is spelled N-A-V-I-G-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Navigieren is a German verb meaning “to navigate (determine the position of a vehicle and keep it on its course)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Fahrzeug, Schiff oder Flugzeug über eine bestimmte Route steuern, führen”.
What does navigieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to navigate (determine the position of a vehicle and keep it on its course)
- 2
to navigate (direct someone through a difficult situation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Fahrzeug, Schiff oder Flugzeug über eine bestimmte Route steuern, führen
noun: 1. Handlung, einen geeigneten Weg zu befolgen
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 navigieren
- navigiert present singular third-person
- navigierte past
- haben auxiliary
- navigierend participle present
- navigiere first-person indicative present
- navigierst indicative present second-person
- navigierest second-person singular subjunctive
- navigieret plural second-person subjunctive
- navigierten first-person indicative plural
- navigiertest indicative preterite second-person
- navigiertet indicative plural preterite
- navigier imperative second-person singular
- habe navigiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben navigiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- navigiere! imperative singular
- navigier! imperative singular
- navigiert! imperative plural
- navigiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce navigieren?
- /naviˈɡiːrən/
- [na.viˈɡiː.ʁən]
- [-vɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is navigieren in German?
navigieren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).