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onanieren

German, verb[ʔonaˈniːɐ̯n]

onanieren is a German verb meaning “to masturbate (by stimulating one's penis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich sexuell selbst befriedigen”.

What does onanieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to masturbate (by stimulating one's penis)

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. sich sexuell selbst befriedigen

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 onanieren

  • onaniert present singular third-person
  • onanierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • onanierend participle present
  • onaniere first-person indicative present
  • onanierst indicative present second-person
  • onanierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • onanieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • onanierten first-person indicative plural
  • onaniertest indicative preterite second-person
  • onaniertet indicative plural preterite
  • onanier imperative second-person singular
  • habe onaniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben onaniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • onaniere! imperative singular
  • onanier! imperative singular
  • onaniert! imperative plural
  • onaniert haben active infinitive perfect

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

How do you pronounce onanieren?

  • [ʔonaˈniːɐ̯n]
  • [ʔonaˈniːʁən]
  • [onaˈniːʁən]

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

English words that translate to onanieren

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

How common is onanieren in German?

onanieren appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

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