revanchieren
German, verb/revãˈʃiːrən/
revanchieren is spelled R-E-V-A-N-C-H-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Revanchieren is a German verb meaning “to repay, return the favor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich für etwas rächen”.
What does revanchieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repay, return the favor
- 2
to pay back, avenge oneself (generally playfully or in minor matters)
- 3
to rematch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich für etwas rächen 2. sich für etwas erkenntlich zeigen 3. eine erlittene Niederlage in einem weiteren Wettkampf auszugleichen versuchen
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 revanchieren
- revanchiert present singular third-person
- revanchierte past
- haben auxiliary
- revanchierend participle present
- revanchiere first-person indicative present
- revanchierst indicative present second-person
- revanchierest second-person singular subjunctive
- revanchieret plural second-person subjunctive
- revanchierten first-person indicative plural
- revanchiertest indicative preterite second-person
- revanchiertet indicative plural preterite
- revanchier imperative second-person singular
- habe revanchiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben revanchiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- revanchiere! imperative singular
- revanchier! imperative singular
- revanchiert! imperative plural
- sich revanchieren reflexive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revanchieren?
- /revãˈʃiːrən/
- [ʁe-]
- [ʁə-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is revanchieren in German?
revanchieren 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).