schikanieren
German, verb/ʃikaˈniːʁən/
schikanieren is spelled S-C-H-I-K-A-N-I-E-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schikanieren is a German verb meaning “to bully, to harass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person (in der Öffentlichkeit) terrorisieren, gegen sie intrigieren oder sie mobben; mit unnötigen…”.
What does schikanieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bully, to harass
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Person (in der Öffentlichkeit) terrorisieren, gegen sie intrigieren oder sie mobben; mit unnötigen Aufgaben (Schikanen) quälen
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 schikanieren
- schikaniert present singular third-person
- schikanierte past
- haben auxiliary
- schikanierend participle present
- schikaniere first-person indicative present
- schikanierst indicative present second-person
- schikanierest second-person singular subjunctive
- schikanieret plural second-person subjunctive
- schikanierten first-person indicative plural
- schikaniertest indicative preterite second-person
- schikaniertet indicative plural preterite
- schikanier imperative second-person singular
- habe schikaniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben schikaniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schikanier! imperative singular
- schikaniere! imperative singular
- schikaniert! imperative plural
- schikaniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schikanieren?
- /ʃikaˈniːʁən/
- [ʃikaˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schikanieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schikanieren in German?
schikanieren appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).