sublimieren
German, verb/zʊpliˈmiːʁən/
sublimieren is spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sublimieren is a German verb meaning “to sublimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vom festen in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand übergehen”.
What does sublimieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sublimate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vom festen in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand übergehen 2. Triebregungen auf geistig-kulturelle Ziele umlenken
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 sublimieren
- sublimiert present singular third-person
- sublimierte past
- haben auxiliary
- sublimierend participle present
- sublimiere first-person indicative present
- sublimierst indicative present second-person
- sublimierest second-person singular subjunctive
- sublimieret plural second-person subjunctive
- sublimierten first-person indicative plural
- sublimiertest indicative preterite second-person
- sublimiertet indicative plural preterite
- sublimier imperative second-person singular
- habe sublimiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben sublimiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sublimiere! imperative singular
- sublimier! imperative singular
- sublimiert! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sublimieren?
- /zʊpliˈmiːʁən/
- [zʊpliˈmiːɐ̯n]
- [zubliˈmiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sublimieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sublimieren in German?
sublimieren appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).