ratifizieren
German, verb[ʁatifiˈt͡siːʁən]
ratifizieren is spelled R-A-T-I-F-I-Z-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratifizieren is a German verb meaning “to ratify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas rechtskräftig bestätigen, genehmigen”.
What does ratifizieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ratify
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas rechtskräftig bestätigen, genehmigen
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 ratifizieren
- ratifiziert present singular third-person
- ratifizierte past
- haben auxiliary
- ratifizierend participle present
- ratifiziere first-person indicative present
- ratifizierst indicative present second-person
- ratifizierest second-person singular subjunctive
- ratifizieret plural second-person subjunctive
- ratifizierten first-person indicative plural
- ratifiziertest indicative preterite second-person
- ratifiziertet indicative plural preterite
- ratifizier imperative second-person singular
- habe ratifiziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ratifiziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rat. abbreviation
- ratifiziere! imperative singular
- ratifizier! imperative singular
- ratifiziert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratifizieren?
- [ʁatifiˈt͡siːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratifizieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratifizieren in German?
ratifizieren appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).