ziselieren
German, verb
ziselieren is a German verb meaning “to engrave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ziselieren is a different word: “repoussé (metalwork)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “feinen Zierrat in Metall arbeiten, indem Stücke davon abgeschlagen werden”.
What does ziselieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to engrave
noun
- 1
neuterrepoussé (metalwork)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. feinen Zierrat in Metall arbeiten, indem Stücke davon abgeschlagen werden
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 ziselieren
- ziseliert present singular third-person
- ziselierte past
- haben auxiliary
- ziselierend participle present
- ziseliere first-person indicative present
- ziselierst indicative present second-person
- ziselierest second-person singular subjunctive
- ziselieret plural second-person subjunctive
- ziselierten first-person indicative plural
- ziseliertest indicative preterite second-person
- ziseliertet indicative plural preterite
- ziselier imperative second-person singular
- habe ziseliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ziseliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ziselier! imperative singular
- ziseliere! imperative singular
- ziseliert! imperative plural
- ziseliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ziselieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ziselieren in German?
ziselieren appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).