parieren
German, verb/paˈʁiːʁən/
parieren is spelled P-A-R-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parieren is a German verb meaning “to parry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Angriff abwehren”.
What does parieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to parry
verb
- 1
to obey
verb
- 1
to trim meat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Angriff abwehren 2. einer Anweisung Folge leisten 3. ein Pferd zum langsamer Laufen oder Stehen bringen 4. Fleisch von Bindegewebe befreien
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 parieren
- pariert present singular third-person
- parierte past
- haben auxiliary
- parierend participle present
- pariere first-person indicative present
- parierst indicative present second-person
- parierest second-person singular subjunctive
- parieret plural second-person subjunctive
- parierten first-person indicative plural
- pariertest indicative preterite second-person
- pariertet indicative plural preterite
- parier imperative second-person singular
- habe pariert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben pariert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- parier! imperative singular
- pariere! imperative singular
- pariert! imperative plural
- pariert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parieren?
- /paˈʁiːʁən/
- [paˈʁiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parieren in German?
parieren 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).