äsen
German, verb/ˈɛːzn̩/
äsen is spelled Ä-S-E-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Äsen is a German verb meaning “to graze (especially of deer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gras fressen, weiden”.
What does äsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to graze (especially of deer)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gras fressen, weiden
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 äsen
- äst present singular third-person
- äste past
- geäst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- äsend participle present
- äse first-person indicative present
- äsest second-person singular subjunctive
- äset plural second-person subjunctive
- ästen first-person indicative plural
- ästest indicative preterite second-person
- ästet indicative plural preterite
- äs imperative second-person singular
- habe geäst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geäst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- äse! imperative singular
- äst! imperative plural
- geäst haben active infinitive perfect
- geäst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce äsen?
- /ˈɛːzn̩/
- /ˈeːzn̩/
- [ˈɛːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is äsen in German?
äsen appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).