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zusichern

German, verb[ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]

zusichern is spelled Z-U-S-I-C-H-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zusichern is a German verb meaning “to pledge, to assure something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert…”.

What does zusichern mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to pledge, to assure something

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)

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 zusichern

  • sichert zu present singular third-person
  • sicherte zu past
  • zugesichert participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • zusichernd participle present
  • zuzusichern infinitive infinitive-zu
  • sichre zu first-person indicative present
  • sichere zu first-person indicative present
  • sicher zu first-person indicative present
  • sichern zu first-person indicative plural
  • sicherst zu indicative present second-person
  • sicherest zu second-person singular subjunctive
  • sichrest zu second-person singular subjunctive
  • sicheret zu plural second-person subjunctive
  • sichret zu plural second-person subjunctive
  • sicherten zu first-person indicative plural
  • sichertest zu indicative preterite second-person
  • sichertet zu indicative plural preterite

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

How do you pronounce zusichern?

  • [ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to zusichern

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

How common is zusichern in German?

zusichern appears about once in every 2 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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