What does informieren in German mean?

What is the meaning of the word informieren in German? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use informieren in German.

The word informieren in German means inform about, catch up on, fill in about, inform, get informed, inform really quick. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word informieren

inform about

(jmdn in Kenntnis setzen)

den Arbeitgeber über die Krankheit informieren
to inform the employer about the illness

catch up on

(sich Wissen einholen)

sich über den neuesten Stand informieren
to catch up on the latest news

fill in about

(Wissen weitergeben)

die Mutter über den Elternabend informieren
to fill the mother in about the parents' evening

inform

(Information mitteilen)

Die Schule muss die Eltern über das Verhalten ihres Kindes informieren.
School has to inform the parents considering their child's behavior.

get informed

(sich Auskunft holen)

inform really quick

(benachrichtigen: schnell)

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German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Central Europe. It is the official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking community in Belgium, and Liechtenstein; It is also one of the official languages in Luxembourg and the Polish province of Opolskie. As one of the major languages in the world, German has about 95 million native speakers globally and is the language with the largest number of native speakers in the European Union. German is also the third most commonly taught foreign language in the United States (after Spanish and French) and the EU (after English and French), the second most used language in science[12] and the third most used language on the Internet (after English and Russian). There are approximately 90–95 million people who speak German as a first language, 10–25 million as a second language, and 75–100 million as a foreign language. Thus, in total, there are about 175–220 million German speakers worldwide.