rügen
German, verb
rügen is a German verb meaning “to reprimand, to criticize (to convey one's disapproval of someone due to their behavior, often formally but without further consequences)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rügen is a different word: “plural of Rüge”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden zurechtweisen, tadeln; mit Nachdruck kritisieren”.
What does rügen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reprimand, to criticize (to convey one's disapproval of someone due to their behavior, often formally but without further consequences)
noun
- 1
plural of Rüge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden zurechtweisen, tadeln; mit Nachdruck kritisieren 2. etwas kritisierend feststellen, beanstanden
noun: 1. das Zurechtweisen, der Vorgang, eine Rüge zu erteilen, abmahnen
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 rügen
- rügt present singular third-person
- rügte past
- gerügt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rügend participle present
- rüge first-person indicative present
- rügst indicative present second-person
- rügest second-person singular subjunctive
- rüget plural second-person subjunctive
- rügten first-person indicative plural
- rügtest indicative preterite second-person
- rügtet indicative plural preterite
- rüg imperative second-person singular
- habe gerügt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerügt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rüge! imperative singular
- rügt! imperative plural
- gerügt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rügen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rügen in German?
rügen appears 5.8 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).