profitieren
German, verb/pʁofiˈtiːʁən/
profitieren is spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profitieren is a German verb meaning “to benefit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nutzen ziehen, aus etwas Profit ziehen”.
What does profitieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to benefit
- 2
to profit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Nutzen ziehen, aus etwas Profit ziehen
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 profitieren
- profitiert present singular third-person
- profitierte past
- haben auxiliary
- profitierend participle present
- profitiere first-person indicative present
- profitierst indicative present second-person
- profitierest second-person singular subjunctive
- profitieret plural second-person subjunctive
- profitierten first-person indicative plural
- profitiertest indicative preterite second-person
- profitiertet indicative plural preterite
- profitier imperative second-person singular
- habe profitiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben profitiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- profitiere! imperative singular
- profitier! imperative singular
- profitiert! imperative plural
- profitiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profitieren?
- /pʁofiˈtiːʁən/
- [pʁofiˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to profitieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profitieren in German?
profitieren appears 21 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).