prüfen
German, verb/ˈpʁyːfn̩/
prüfen is a German verb meaning “to subject (something) to an inspection or review” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feststellen, inwiefern einer Bedingung genügt wird”.
What does prüfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to subject (something) to an inspection or review
- 2
to subject (someone or something) to a formal test or trial
- 3
to try, to put (someone) through hardship
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. feststellen, inwiefern einer Bedingung genügt wird 2. jemandem eine Prüfung abnehmen
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 prüfen
- prüft present singular third-person
- prüfte past
- geprüft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- prüfend participle present
- prüfe first-person indicative present
- prüfst indicative present second-person
- prüfest second-person singular subjunctive
- prüfet plural second-person subjunctive
- prüften first-person indicative plural
- prüftest indicative preterite second-person
- prüftet indicative plural preterite
- prüf imperative second-person singular
- habe geprüft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geprüft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- prüf! imperative singular
- prüfe! imperative singular
- prüft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prüfen?
- /ˈpʁyːfn̩/
- /ˈpʁyːfən/
- [ˈpʁyːfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prüfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prüfen in German?
prüfen appears 30 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).