optimieren
German, verb/ɔptiˈmiːʁən/
optimieren is spelled O-P-T-I-M-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optimieren is a German verb meaning “to optimize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas weiter verbessern, so weit es nötig und auch möglich ist; etwas in den bestmöglichen Zustand versetzen”.
What does optimieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to optimize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas weiter verbessern, so weit es nötig und auch möglich ist; etwas in den bestmöglichen Zustand versetzen
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 optimieren
- optimiert present singular third-person
- optimierte past
- haben auxiliary
- optimierend participle present
- optimiere first-person indicative present
- optimierst indicative present second-person
- optimierest second-person singular subjunctive
- optimieret plural second-person subjunctive
- optimierten first-person indicative plural
- optimiertest indicative preterite second-person
- optimiertet indicative plural preterite
- optimier imperative second-person singular
- habe optimiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben optimiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- optimiere! imperative singular
- optimier! imperative singular
- optimiert! imperative plural
- optimiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce optimieren?
- /ɔptiˈmiːʁən/
- [ʔɔpʰtʰiˈmiːɐ̯n]
- [ɔptiˈmiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to optimieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is optimieren in German?
optimieren appears 4.0 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).