riskieren
German, verb/ˌʁɪsˈkiːʁən/
riskieren is spelled R-I-S-K-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riskieren is a German verb meaning “to risk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas wagen, sich etwas trauen”.
What does riskieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to risk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas wagen, sich etwas trauen 2. etwas durch sein Benehmen oder Handeln Nachteilen oder einer Gefahr des Verlustes aussetzen; aufs Spiel setzen
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 riskieren
- riskiert present singular third-person
- riskierte past
- haben auxiliary
- riskierend participle present
- riskiere first-person indicative present
- riskierst indicative present second-person
- riskierest second-person singular subjunctive
- riskieret plural second-person subjunctive
- riskierten first-person indicative plural
- riskiertest indicative preterite second-person
- riskiertet indicative plural preterite
- riskier imperative second-person singular
- habe riskiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben riskiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- riskiere! imperative singular
- riskier! imperative singular
- riskiert! imperative plural
- riskiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riskieren?
- /ˌʁɪsˈkiːʁən/
- [ʁɪsˈkiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to riskieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is riskieren in German?
riskieren appears 6.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).