polieren
German, verb
polieren is spelled P-O-L-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,051st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polieren is a German verb meaning “to shine (to polish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Polieren is a different word: “dative plural of Polier”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf Glanz bringen, durch Reiben glänzend machen, glätten”.
What does polieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine (to polish)
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Polier
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf Glanz bringen, durch Reiben glänzend machen, glätten
noun: 1. die Tätigkeit der Polierung
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 polieren
- poliert present singular third-person
- polierte past
- haben auxiliary
- polierend participle present
- poliere first-person indicative present
- polierst indicative present second-person
- polierest second-person singular subjunctive
- polieret plural second-person subjunctive
- polierten first-person indicative plural
- poliertest indicative preterite second-person
- poliertet indicative plural preterite
- polier imperative second-person singular
- habe poliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben poliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- pol. abbreviation
- poliere! imperative singular
- polier! imperative singular
- poliert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polieren in German?
polieren appears 1.5 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).