promoten
German, verb/pʁoˈmɔʊ̯tn̩/
promoten is spelled P-R-O-M-O-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Promoten is a German verb meaning “to promote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Produkt oder eine Idee bewerben”.
What does promoten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to promote
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Produkt oder eine Idee bewerben 2. beruflich Werbung für ein Produkt oder eine Dienstleistung betreiben, als Promoter tätig sein
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 promoten
- promotet present singular third-person
- promotete past
- haben auxiliary
- promotend participle present
- promote first-person indicative present
- promotest indicative present second-person
- promoteten first-person indicative plural
- promotetest indicative preterite second-person
- promotetet indicative plural preterite
- promot imperative second-person singular
- habe promotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben promotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- promot! imperative singular
- promote! imperative singular
- promotet! imperative plural
- promotet haben active infinitive perfect
- promotet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- promotet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce promoten?
- /pʁoˈmɔʊ̯tn̩/
- [pʁoˈmɔʊ̯tn̩]
- [pʁoˈmoːtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is promoten in German?
promoten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).