rochieren
German, verb/ʁɔˈxiːʁən/
rochieren is spelled R-O-C-H-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rochieren is a German verb meaning “to castle (perform the move of castling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Rochade durchführen”.
What does rochieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to castle (perform the move of castling)
- 2
to reshuffle (replace or redistribute personnel)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Rochade durchführen 2. die Positionen wechseln, insbesondere bei Mannschaftsspielen 3. gegeneinander verschieben
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 rochieren
- rochiert present singular third-person
- rochierte past
- haben auxiliary
- rochierend participle present
- rochiere first-person indicative present
- rochierst indicative present second-person
- rochierest second-person singular subjunctive
- rochieret plural second-person subjunctive
- rochierten first-person indicative plural
- rochiertest indicative preterite second-person
- rochiertet indicative plural preterite
- rochier imperative second-person singular
- habe rochiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben rochiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- 0-0 abbreviation
- 0-0-0 abbreviation
- rochier! imperative singular
- rochiere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rochieren?
- /ʁɔˈxiːʁən/
- /ʁɔˈʃiːʁən/
- [ʁɔˈxiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rochieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rochieren in German?
rochieren appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).