simulieren
German, verb/zimuˈliːʁən/
simulieren is spelled S-I-M-U-L-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simulieren is a German verb meaning “to feign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich verstellen (besonders so tun, als sei man krank)”.
What does simulieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feign
- 2
to malinger
- 3
to simulate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich verstellen (besonders so tun, als sei man krank) 2. etwas vortäuschen (besonders eine Krankheit) 3. bestimmte Vorgänge nachahmen, nachbilden 4. über etwas nachsinnen
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 simulieren
- simuliert present singular third-person
- simulierte past
- haben auxiliary
- simulierend participle present
- simuliere first-person indicative present
- simulierst indicative present second-person
- simulierest second-person singular subjunctive
- simulieret plural second-person subjunctive
- simulierten first-person indicative plural
- simuliertest indicative preterite second-person
- simuliertet indicative plural preterite
- simulier imperative second-person singular
- habe simuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben simuliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- simulier! imperative singular
- simuliere! imperative singular
- simuliert! imperative plural
- simuliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simulieren?
- /zimuˈliːʁən/
- [zimuˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to simulieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simulieren in German?
simulieren appears 2.1 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).