rivalisieren
German, verb[ʁivaːliˈziːʁən]
rivalisieren is spelled R-I-V-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rivalisieren is a German verb meaning “to rival” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit jemandem in Konkurrenz stehen und versuchen, den anderen zu übertreffen”.
What does rivalisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rival
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit jemandem in Konkurrenz stehen und versuchen, den anderen zu übertreffen
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 rivalisieren
- rivalisiert present singular third-person
- rivalisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- rivalisierend participle present
- rivalisiere first-person indicative present
- rivalisierst indicative present second-person
- rivalisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- rivalisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- rivalisierten first-person indicative plural
- rivalisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- rivalisiertet indicative plural preterite
- rivalisier imperative second-person singular
- habe rivalisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben rivalisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rivalisiere! imperative singular
- rivalisier! imperative singular
- rivalisiert! imperative plural
- rivalisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rivalisieren?
- [ʁivaːliˈziːʁən]
- [ʁivaliˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rivalisieren in German?
rivalisieren appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).