schreien
German, verb
schreien is a German verb meaning “to shout; to yell; to cry; to scream; to howl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schreien is a different word: “gerund of schreien”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen plötzlichen, lauten Ruf ausstoßen (zum Beispiel Schmerzschrei) oder auch längere Zeit unartikulierte…”.
What does schreien mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shout; to yell; to cry; to scream; to howl
Warum schreist du?
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schreien
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schrei
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen plötzlichen, lauten Ruf ausstoßen (zum Beispiel Schmerzschrei) oder auch längere Zeit unartikulierte, laute Geräusche von sich geben 2. mit lauter Stimme äußern 3. nach etwas verlangen (zum Beispiel Aufmerksamkeit)
noun: 1. Ausstoßen von Schreien
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 schreien
- schreit present singular third-person
- schrie past
- geschrien participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- schreiend participle present
- schreie first-person indicative present
- schreist indicative present second-person
- schreiest second-person singular subjunctive
- schreiet plural second-person subjunctive
- schrien first-person indicative plural
- schriest indicative preterite second-person
- schriet indicative plural preterite
- schrei imperative second-person singular
- habe geschrien first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schreie! imperative singular
- schrei! imperative singular
- schreit! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schreien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schreien in German?
schreien appears 16 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).