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paralysieren

German, verb/ˌpaʁalyˈziːʁən/

paralysieren is spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-S-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paralysieren is a German verb meaning “to paralyze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden so beeinträchtigen, dass er fast nichts mehr tun kann”.

What does paralysieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to paralyze

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. jemanden so beeinträchtigen, dass er fast nichts mehr tun kann

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 paralysieren

  • paralysiert present singular third-person
  • paralysierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • paralysierend participle present
  • paralysiere first-person indicative present
  • paralysierst indicative present second-person
  • paralysierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • paralysieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • paralysierten first-person indicative plural
  • paralysiertest indicative preterite second-person
  • paralysiertet indicative plural preterite
  • paralysier imperative second-person singular
  • habe paralysiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben paralysiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • paralysiere! imperative singular
  • paralysier! imperative singular
  • paralysiert! imperative plural
  • paralysiert haben active infinitive perfect

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

How do you pronounce paralysieren?

  • /ˌpaʁalyˈziːʁən/
  • [paʁalyˈziːʁən]

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

English words that translate to paralysieren

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

How common is paralysieren in German?

paralysieren appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.

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

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