symbolisieren
German, verb/zʏmboliˈziːʁən/
symbolisieren is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Symbolisieren is a German verb meaning “to symbolise, to symbolize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch ein Merkzeichen, Sinnbild oder Symbol darstellen”.
What does symbolisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to symbolise, to symbolize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch ein Merkzeichen, Sinnbild oder Symbol darstellen
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 symbolisieren
- symbolisiert present singular third-person
- symbolisierte past
- haben auxiliary
- symbolisierend participle present
- symbolisiere first-person indicative present
- symbolisierst indicative present second-person
- symbolisierest second-person singular subjunctive
- symbolisieret plural second-person subjunctive
- symbolisierten first-person indicative plural
- symbolisiertest indicative preterite second-person
- symbolisiertet indicative plural preterite
- symbolisier imperative second-person singular
- habe symbolisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben symbolisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- symbolisier! imperative singular
- symbolisiere! imperative singular
- symbolisiert! imperative plural
- symbolisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce symbolisieren?
- /zʏmboliˈziːʁən/
- [zʏmboliˈziːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to symbolisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is symbolisieren in German?
symbolisieren appears 1.3 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).