traktieren
German, verb
traktieren is spelled T-R-A-K-T-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traktieren is a German verb meaning “to mistreat, to plague” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Traktieren is a different word: “gerund of traktieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden körperlich schlecht behandeln (zum Beispiel mit Schlägen)”.
What does traktieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mistreat, to plague
- 2
archaicto treat (to something), to invite, to entertain (with food and drink)
- 3
synonym of behandeln and verhandeln in most senses.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of traktieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden körperlich schlecht behandeln (zum Beispiel mit Schlägen) 2. jemanden immer wieder mit etwas Unangenehmem stören 3. jemandem viele erlesene Speisen und Getränke anbieten; reichlich bewirten 4. mit jemandem über etwas sprechen, mit dem Ziel, zu Vereinbarungen zu kommen
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 traktieren
- traktiert present singular third-person
- traktierte past
- haben auxiliary
- traktierend participle present
- traktiere first-person indicative present
- traktierst indicative present second-person
- traktierest second-person singular subjunctive
- traktieret plural second-person subjunctive
- traktierten first-person indicative plural
- traktiertest indicative preterite second-person
- traktiertet indicative plural preterite
- traktier imperative second-person singular
- habe traktiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben traktiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- traktiere! imperative singular
- traktier! imperative singular
- traktiert! imperative plural
- traktiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is traktieren in German?
traktieren appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).