skizzieren
German, verb/skɪˈtsiːʁən/
skizzieren is spelled S-K-I-Z-Z-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skizzieren is a German verb meaning “to sketch (to create a sketch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine mittels groben Strichen knapp gehaltene, bildliche Darstellung - die als Studie oder Vorzeichnung dienen…”.
What does skizzieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sketch (to create a sketch)
- 2
to outline
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine mittels groben Strichen knapp gehaltene, bildliche Darstellung - die als Studie oder Vorzeichnung dienen kann - anfertigen 2. einen unausgefeilten, ungenauen Grundriss, Riss oder Schema zeichnerisch anlegen 3. etwas gerafft, stichwortartig darstellen 4. etwas konzeptuell, notizenhaft entwerfen
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 skizzieren
- skizziert present singular third-person
- skizzierte past
- haben auxiliary
- skizzierend participle present
- skizziere first-person indicative present
- skizzierst indicative present second-person
- skizzierest second-person singular subjunctive
- skizzieret plural second-person subjunctive
- skizzierten first-person indicative plural
- skizziertest indicative preterite second-person
- skizziertet indicative plural preterite
- skizzier imperative second-person singular
- habe skizziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben skizziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- skizziere! imperative singular
- skizzier! imperative singular
- skizziert! imperative plural
- skizziert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce skizzieren?
- /skɪˈtsiːʁən/
- [skɪˈtsiːɐ̯n]
- [skɪˈt͡siːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to skizzieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is skizzieren in German?
skizzieren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).