optieren
German, verb[ɔpˈtiːʁən]
optieren is spelled O-P-T-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optieren is a German verb meaning “to opt for, to exercise an option” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich für etwas (eine Möglichkeit) entscheiden”.
What does optieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to opt for, to exercise an option
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich für etwas (eine Möglichkeit) entscheiden 2. die Wahl zwischen zwei Staatsbürgerschaften treffen
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 optieren
- optiert present singular third-person
- optierte past
- haben auxiliary
- optierend participle present
- optiere first-person indicative present
- optierst indicative present second-person
- optierest second-person singular subjunctive
- optieret plural second-person subjunctive
- optierten first-person indicative plural
- optiertest indicative preterite second-person
- optiertet indicative plural preterite
- optier imperative second-person singular
- habe optiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben optiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- optiere! imperative singular
- optier! imperative singular
- optiert! imperative plural
- optiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce optieren?
- [ɔpˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to optieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is optieren in German?
optieren appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).