politisieren
German, verb[politiˈziːʁən]
politisieren is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Politisieren is a German verb meaning “to politicise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit jemandem eher laienhaft über politische Themen auseinandersetzen”.
What does politisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to politicise
- 2
to talk politics
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit jemandem eher laienhaft über politische Themen auseinandersetzen 2. jemanden zu politischer Aktivität anregen 3. etwas unter politischem Aspekt betrachten 4. sich politisch betätigen
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 politisieren
- politisiert present singular third-person
- politisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- politisierend participle present
- politisiere first-person indicative present
- politisierst indicative present second-person
- politisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- politisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- politisierten first-person indicative plural
- politisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- politisiertet indicative plural preterite
- politisier imperative second-person singular
- habe politisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben politisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- politisiere! imperative singular
- politisier! imperative singular
- politisiert! imperative plural
- politisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce politisieren?
- [politiˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to politisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is politisieren in German?
politisieren appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).