betrüben
German, verb/bəˈtʁyːbən/
betrüben is spelled B-E-T-R-Ü-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betrüben is a German verb meaning “to sadden (to make sad or unhappy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “traurig stimmen”.
What does betrüben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sadden (to make sad or unhappy)
Das betrübt mich.
- 2
datedto sadden (to become sad or unhappy)
Ich betrübe mich.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. traurig stimmen
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 betrüben
- betrübt present singular third-person
- betrübte past
- haben auxiliary
- betrübend participle present
- betrübe first-person indicative present
- betrübst indicative present second-person
- betrübest second-person singular subjunctive
- betrübet plural second-person subjunctive
- betrübten first-person indicative plural
- betrübtest indicative preterite second-person
- betrübtet indicative plural preterite
- betrüb imperative second-person singular
- habe betrübt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben betrübt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- betrübe! imperative singular
- betrübt! imperative plural
- betrübt haben active infinitive perfect
- betrübt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betrüben?
- /bəˈtʁyːbən/
- [bəˈtʁyːbm̩]
- [bəˈtʁyːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betrüben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betrüben in German?
betrüben appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).