Verb

realisieren

Translation

to realize, to implement, to achieve, to grasp

Er hat seinen Traum realisiert.

He realized his dream.

Wir müssen den Plan schnell realisieren.

We must implement the plan quickly.

Ich habe erst später realisiert, was passiert war.

I only realized later what had happened.

((sth.)) to realize, implement (sth.) Er hat seinen Traum realisiert.

((that...)) to realize (that...) Ich realisierte, dass ich einen Fehler gemacht hatte.

Synonyms: verwirklichen, umsetzen (to carry out); begreifen, erkennen (to understand)

Comes from the adjective 'real' plus the verb suffix '-isieren', which functions like the English suffix '-ize'.

Connect it to the English 'realize'. It has the same dual meaning: to make something a reality (e.g., a dream) and to become aware of something.