blättern
German, verb
blättern is spelled B-L-Ä-T-T-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blättern is a German verb meaning “to browse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Blättern is a different word: “dative plural of Blatt”. On this page, Blattern is a different word: “nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Blatter”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Seiten (eines Buches oder dergleichen) wenden, umschlagen (und dabei den Seiteninhalt überfliegen)”.
What does blättern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to browse
- 2
to peel off, to flake off
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Blatt
noun
- 1
nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Blatter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Seiten (eines Buches oder dergleichen) wenden, umschlagen (und dabei den Seiteninhalt überfliegen) 2. in dünne Schichten auseinandergehen 3. sich in Blättchen, Bröckchen oder sonstigen dünnen Schichten lösen und abfallen 4. Karten, Geldscheine oder dergleichen einzeln der Reihe nach irgendwo ablegen
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 blättern
- blättert present singular third-person
- blätterte past
- geblättert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- blätternd participle present
- blättre first-person indicative present
- blättere first-person indicative present
- blätter first-person indicative present
- blätterst indicative present second-person
- blätterest second-person singular subjunctive
- blättrest second-person singular subjunctive
- blätteret plural second-person subjunctive
- blättret plural second-person subjunctive
- blätterten first-person indicative plural
- blättertest indicative preterite second-person
- blättertet indicative plural preterite
- blättere! imperative singular
- blätter! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to blättern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blättern in German?
blättern appears 6.9 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).