realisieren
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French réaliser. Compare Hunsrik rëaliseere. The sense “to become aware of” is a semantic loan from English realize.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrealisieren (weak, third-person singular present realisiert, past tense realisierte, past participle realisiert, auxiliary haben)
- to realize (to make real, to implement)
- Synonym: verwirklichen
- (colloquial) to realize, to understand (to become aware of)
- Synonyms: erkennen; see also Thesaurus:begreifen
Usage notes
edit- The sense “become aware of” may not by all speakers be regarded as natural, idiomatic German. As an anglicism it may also be frowned upon by purists. This sense is colloquially rather common, however.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | realisieren | ||||
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present participle | realisierend | ||||
past participle | realisiert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich realisiere | wir realisieren | i | ich realisiere | wir realisieren |
du realisierst | ihr realisiert | du realisierest | ihr realisieret | ||
er realisiert | sie realisieren | er realisiere | sie realisieren | ||
preterite | ich realisierte | wir realisierten | ii | ich realisierte1 | wir realisierten1 |
du realisiertest | ihr realisiertet | du realisiertest1 | ihr realisiertet1 | ||
er realisierte | sie realisierten | er realisierte1 | sie realisierten1 | ||
imperative | realisier (du) realisiere (du) |
realisiert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “realisieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “realisieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “realisieren” in Duden online
- “realisieren” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “realisieren”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
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