rotieren
German, verb
rotieren is spelled R-O-T-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rotieren is a German verb meaning “to rotate, to spin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rotieren is a different word: “gerund of rotieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich um eine (gedachte) Achse bewegen”.
What does rotieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rotate, to spin
- 2
colloquialto be very busy
noun
- 1
neutergerund of rotieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich um eine (gedachte) Achse bewegen 2. hektisch sein, hektisch werden, (sich) hetzen 3. einen Posten, eine Position tauschen
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 rotieren
- rotiert present singular third-person
- rotierte past
- haben auxiliary
- rotierend participle present
- rotiere first-person indicative present
- rotierst indicative present second-person
- rotierest second-person singular subjunctive
- rotieret plural second-person subjunctive
- rotierten first-person indicative plural
- rotiertest indicative preterite second-person
- rotiertet indicative plural preterite
- rotier imperative second-person singular
- habe rotiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben rotiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rotier! imperative singular
- rotiere! imperative singular
- rotiert! imperative plural
- rotiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rotieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rotieren in German?
rotieren appears 1.1 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).