retournieren
German, verb[ʁetʊʁˈniːʁən]
retournieren is spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retournieren is a German verb meaning “to return to sender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Brief oder eine Ware an den Absender zurücksenden”.
What does retournieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to return to sender
- 2
to return (a serve)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Brief oder eine Ware an den Absender zurücksenden 2. einen Aufschlag zurückschlagen, vor allem beim Tennis
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 retournieren
- retourniert present singular third-person
- retournierte past
- haben auxiliary
- retournierend participle present
- retourniere first-person indicative present
- retournierst indicative present second-person
- retournierest second-person singular subjunctive
- retournieret plural second-person subjunctive
- retournierten first-person indicative plural
- retourniertest indicative preterite second-person
- retourniertet indicative plural preterite
- retournier imperative second-person singular
- habe retourniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben retourniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- retourniere! imperative singular
- retournier! imperative singular
- retourniert! imperative plural
- retourniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retournieren?
- [ʁetʊʁˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retournieren in German?
retournieren appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).