rekuperieren
German, verb/ʁekupeˈʁiːʁən/
rekuperieren is spelled R-E-K-U-P-E-R-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rekuperieren is a German verb meaning “to regain, to recover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wiedererwerben, wiedererlangen (beispielsweise Energie)”.
What does rekuperieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to regain, to recover
Das neue Modell rekuperiert beim Bremsen fünf Wattstunden.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. wiedererwerben, wiedererlangen (beispielsweise Energie)
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 rekuperieren
- rekuperiert present singular third-person
- rekuperierte past
- haben auxiliary
- rekuperierend participle present
- rekuperiere first-person indicative present
- rekuperierst indicative present second-person
- rekuperierest second-person singular subjunctive
- rekuperieret plural second-person subjunctive
- rekuperierten first-person indicative plural
- rekuperiertest indicative preterite second-person
- rekuperiertet indicative plural preterite
- rekuperier imperative second-person singular
- habe rekuperiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben rekuperiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rekuperiere! imperative singular
- rekuperier! imperative singular
- rekuperiert! imperative plural
- rekuperiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rekuperieren?
- /ʁekupeˈʁiːʁən/
- /ʁekupeˈʁiːɐ̯n/
- [ʁekupeˈʁiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rekuperieren in German?
rekuperieren appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).