raunen
German, verb
raunen is a German verb meaning “to whisper; to say secretly (especially in an eerie way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Raunen is a different word: “gerund of raunen; murmur”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit gedämpfter Stimme sprechen”.
What does raunen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whisper; to say secretly (especially in an eerie way)
- 2
to murmur; to whisper (to speak among each other in a subdued way, especially in astonishment)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of raunen; murmur
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit gedämpfter Stimme sprechen
noun: 1. das gleichzeitige, leise Sprechen (vieler) Leute
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 raunen
- raunt present singular third-person
- raunte past
- geraunt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- raunend participle present
- raune first-person indicative present
- raunst indicative present second-person
- raunest second-person singular subjunctive
- raunet plural second-person subjunctive
- raunten first-person indicative plural
- rauntest indicative preterite second-person
- rauntet indicative plural preterite
- raun imperative second-person singular
- habe geraunt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geraunt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- raun! imperative singular
- raune! imperative singular
- raunt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to raunen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raunen in German?
raunen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).