Polyglot Dictionary

funktionieren

/fʊŋktsi̯oˈniːʁən/

verb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
funktioniert
past
funktionierte
perfect
hat funktioniert

Meaning

  1. to function, to work

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

betreiben

Funktionieren is for a thing to function/work properly; betreiben is to operate or run something (a business, a machine), from the operator's side.

Similar in other languages

French

fonctionner

fonctionner is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to function, to work."

Practice

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