postulieren
German, verb[pɔstuˈliːʁən]
postulieren is spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postulieren is a German verb meaning “to postulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas fordern oder zur Bedingung machen”.
What does postulieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to postulate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas fordern oder zur Bedingung machen 2. eine grundsätzliche Annahme oder Voraussetzung aufstellen
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 postulieren
- postuliert present singular third-person
- postulierte past
- haben auxiliary
- postulierend participle present
- postuliere first-person indicative present
- postulierst indicative present second-person
- postulierest second-person singular subjunctive
- postulieret plural second-person subjunctive
- postulierten first-person indicative plural
- postuliertest indicative preterite second-person
- postuliertet indicative plural preterite
- postulier imperative second-person singular
- habe postuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben postuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- postuliere! imperative singular
- postulier! imperative singular
- postuliert! imperative plural
- postuliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postulieren?
- [pɔstuˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postulieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postulieren in German?
postulieren appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).