rühren
German, verb
rühren is a German verb meaning “to stir, to mix (a liquid or powder as in cooking)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Ruhren is a different word: “plural of Ruhr”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich bewegen”.
What does rühren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stir, to mix (a liquid or powder as in cooking)
- 2
to stir; to move; to cause an emotion, especially sentimentality or compassion
- 3
to stir (oneself); to move slightly
- 4
to stand at ease
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Ruhr
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich bewegen 2. eine Masse durch eine Kreisbewegung durchmischen 3. jemanden innerlich bewegen 4. bequem stehen
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 rühren
- rührt present singular third-person
- rührte past
- gerührt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rührend participle present
- rühre first-person indicative present
- rührst indicative present second-person
- rührest second-person singular subjunctive
- rühret plural second-person subjunctive
- rührten first-person indicative plural
- rührtest indicative preterite second-person
- rührtet indicative plural preterite
- rühr imperative second-person singular
- habe gerührt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerührt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rühre! imperative singular
- rühr! imperative singular
- rührt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rühren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rühren in German?
rühren appears 6.2 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).