oktroyieren
German, verb/ɔktʁo̯aˈjiːʁən/
oktroyieren is spelled O-K-T-R-O-Y-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oktroyieren is a German verb meaning “to impose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas aufzwingen, aufdrängen”.
What does oktroyieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impose
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas aufzwingen, aufdrängen 2. ein Gesetz nicht verfassungsgemäß erlassen, eine Verfassung einem Volk aufzwingen 3. verleihen
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 oktroyieren
- oktroyiert present singular third-person
- oktroyierte past
- haben auxiliary
- oktroyierend participle present
- oktroyiere first-person indicative present
- oktroyierst indicative present second-person
- oktroyierest second-person singular subjunctive
- oktroyieret plural second-person subjunctive
- oktroyierten first-person indicative plural
- oktroyiertest indicative preterite second-person
- oktroyiertet indicative plural preterite
- oktroyier imperative second-person singular
- habe oktroyiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben oktroyiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- oktroyier! imperative singular
- oktroyiere! imperative singular
- oktroyiert! imperative plural
- oktroyiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oktroyieren?
- /ɔktʁo̯aˈjiːʁən/
- [ʔɔktʁo̯aˈjiːɐ̯n]
- [ɔktʁo̯aˈjiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oktroyieren in German?
oktroyieren appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).