sichern
German, verb/ˈzɪçɐn/
sichern is spelled S-I-C-H-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sichern is a German verb meaning “to secure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas vor Gefahren oder Zugriff bewahren, etwas sicher machen”.
What does sichern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to secure
- 2
to guarantee
- 3
to assure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas vor Gefahren oder Zugriff bewahren, etwas sicher machen 2. eine Schusswaffe gegen versehentliches Abschießen schützen oder verriegeln 3. jemanden mit Hilfe eines Seiles vor einem Absturz schützen 4. etwas garantieren, gewährleisten (meist durch bestimmte Vorkehrungen)
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 sichern
- sichert present singular third-person
- sicherte past
- gesichert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sichernd participle present
- sichre first-person indicative present
- sichere first-person indicative present
- sicher first-person indicative present
- sicherst indicative present second-person
- sicherest second-person singular subjunctive
- sichrest second-person singular subjunctive
- sicheret plural second-person subjunctive
- sichret plural second-person subjunctive
- sicherten first-person indicative plural
- sichertest indicative preterite second-person
- sichertet indicative plural preterite
- sichere! imperative singular
- sichert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sichern?
- /ˈzɪçɐn/
- [ˈzɪçɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sichern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sichern in German?
sichern appears 29 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).