orten
German, verb
orten is spelled O-R-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orten is a German verb meaning “to locate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Orten is a different word: “dative plural of Ort”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Standort (oder Ursprung) von etwas ausmachen”.
What does orten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to locate
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Ort
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Standort (oder Ursprung) von etwas ausmachen
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 orten
- ortet present singular third-person
- ortete past
- geortet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ortend participle present
- orte first-person indicative present
- ortest indicative present second-person
- orteten first-person indicative plural
- ortetest indicative preterite second-person
- ortetet indicative plural preterite
- ort imperative second-person singular
- habe geortet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geortet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- orte! imperative singular
- ortet! imperative plural
- geortet haben active infinitive perfect
- geortet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geortet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to orten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orten in German?
orten appears 27 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).