sistieren
German, verb/zɪsˈtiːʁən/
sistieren is spelled S-I-S-T-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written German, the 326,119th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sistieren is a German verb meaning “to cease, suspend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unterbrechen, hemmen oder aufhalten”.
What does sistieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
Switzerlandto cease, suspend
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unterbrechen, hemmen oder aufhalten 2. Verfahren aufheben, einstellen 3. zur Feststellung der Personalien zur Polizeiwache bringen 4. Personen zur mündlichen Verhandlung mitbringen, durch eine Partei selbst (also ungeladen) stellen
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 sistieren
- sistiert present singular third-person
- sistierte past
- haben auxiliary
- sistierend participle present
- sistiere first-person indicative present
- sistierst indicative present second-person
- sistierest second-person singular subjunctive
- sistieret plural second-person subjunctive
- sistierten first-person indicative plural
- sistiertest indicative preterite second-person
- sistiertet indicative plural preterite
- sistier imperative second-person singular
- habe sistiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben sistiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sistiere! imperative singular
- sistier! imperative singular
- sistiert! imperative plural
- sistiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sistieren?
- /zɪsˈtiːʁən/
- [zɪsˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sistieren in German?
sistieren appears about once in every 31 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).