triangulieren
German, verb
triangulieren is spelled T-R-I-A-N-G-U-L-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Triangulieren is a German verb meaning “to triangulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Triangulieren is a different word: “gerund of triangulieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Dreiecksnetz anlegen und Land durch dieses mittels trigonometrischer Verfahren vermessen”.
What does triangulieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to triangulate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of triangulieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Dreiecksnetz anlegen und Land durch dieses mittels trigonometrischer Verfahren vermessen
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 triangulieren
- trianguliert present singular third-person
- triangulierte past
- haben auxiliary
- triangulierend participle present
- trianguliere first-person indicative present
- triangulierst indicative present second-person
- triangulierest second-person singular subjunctive
- triangulieret plural second-person subjunctive
- triangulierten first-person indicative plural
- trianguliertest indicative preterite second-person
- trianguliertet indicative plural preterite
- triangulier imperative second-person singular
- habe trianguliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben trianguliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- triangulier! imperative singular
- trianguliere! imperative singular
- trianguliert! imperative plural
- trianguliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is triangulieren in German?
triangulieren appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).