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terrorisieren

German, verb

terrorisieren is spelled T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terrorisieren is a German verb meaning “to terrorize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Terrorisieren is a different word: “gerund of terrorisieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden mit Gewalt überziehen/unterdrücken”.

What does terrorisieren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to terrorize

noun

as Terrorisieren
  1. 1

    neutergerund of terrorisieren

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. jemanden mit Gewalt überziehen/unterdrücken 2. jemanden anhaltend belästigen/bedrohen

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 terrorisieren

  • terrorisiert present singular third-person
  • terrorisierte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • terrorisierend participle present
  • terrorisiere first-person indicative present
  • terrorisierst indicative present second-person
  • terrorisierest second-person singular subjunctive
  • terrorisieret plural second-person subjunctive
  • terrorisierten first-person indicative plural
  • terrorisiertest indicative preterite second-person
  • terrorisiertet indicative plural preterite
  • terrorisier imperative second-person singular
  • habe terrorisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben terrorisiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • terrorisier! imperative singular
  • terrorisiere! imperative singular
  • terrorisiert! imperative plural
  • terrorisiert haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to terrorisieren

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is terrorisieren in German?

terrorisieren 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).

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