pensionieren
German, verb/pɛnzi̯oˈniːʁən/
pensionieren is a German verb meaning “to pension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden, insbesondere einen Beamten oder eine Beamtin in den Ruhestand versetzen; sich versetzen lassen”.
What does pensionieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pension
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden, insbesondere einen Beamten oder eine Beamtin in den Ruhestand versetzen; sich versetzen lassen
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 pensionieren
- pensioniert present singular third-person
- pensionierte past
- haben auxiliary
- pensionierend participle present
- pensioniere first-person indicative present
- pensionierst indicative present second-person
- pensionierest second-person singular subjunctive
- pensionieret plural second-person subjunctive
- pensionierten first-person indicative plural
- pensioniertest indicative preterite second-person
- pensioniertet indicative plural preterite
- pensionier imperative second-person singular
- habe pensioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben pensioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- pensionier! imperative singular
- pensioniere! imperative singular
- pensioniert! imperative plural
- pensioniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pensionieren?
- /pɛnzi̯oˈniːʁən/
- /pɑ̃zi̯oˈniːʁən/
- /paŋzi̯oˈniːʁən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pensionieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pensionieren in German?
pensionieren appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).