pointieren
German, verb/po̯ɛ̃ˈtiːrən/
pointieren is spelled P-O-I-N-T-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pointieren is a German verb meaning “to emphasise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas herausstellen, hervorheben, betonen”.
What does pointieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emphasise
- 2
datedto gamble
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas herausstellen, hervorheben, betonen 2. beim Glücksspiel einen Einsatz machen
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 pointieren
- pointiert present singular third-person
- pointierte past
- haben auxiliary
- pointierend participle present
- pointiere first-person indicative present
- pointierst indicative present second-person
- pointierest second-person singular subjunctive
- pointieret plural second-person subjunctive
- pointierten first-person indicative plural
- pointiertest indicative preterite second-person
- pointiertet indicative plural preterite
- pointier imperative second-person singular
- habe pointiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben pointiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- pointiere! imperative singular
- pointier! imperative singular
- pointiert! imperative plural
- pointiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pointieren?
- /po̯ɛ̃ˈtiːrən/
- [po̯ɛ̃ˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pointieren in German?
pointieren appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).