spionieren
German, verb/ʃpi̯oˈniːʁən/
spionieren is spelled S-P-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spionieren is a German verb meaning “to spy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Agententätigkeit nachgehen”.
What does spionieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einer Agententätigkeit nachgehen 2. versuchen etwas herauszufinden, ohne dass dies von Betroffenen bemerkt wird
noun: 1. Handlung des Spionierens
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 spionieren
- spioniert present singular third-person
- spionierte past
- haben auxiliary
- spionierend participle present
- spioniere first-person indicative present
- spionierst indicative present second-person
- spionierest second-person singular subjunctive
- spionieret plural second-person subjunctive
- spionierten first-person indicative plural
- spioniertest indicative preterite second-person
- spioniertet indicative plural preterite
- spionier imperative second-person singular
- habe spioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben spioniert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- spionier! imperative singular
- spioniere! imperative singular
- spioniert! imperative plural
- spioniert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spionieren?
- /ʃpi̯oˈniːʁən/
- [ʃpi̯oˈniːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spionieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spionieren in German?
spionieren 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).