bluten
German, verb
bluten is spelled B-L-U-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bluten is a German verb meaning “to bleed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Blüten is a different word: “plural of Blüte”. With a capital, Bluten is a different word: “dative plural of Blut”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “austreten von Blut aus Blutgefäßen”.
What does bluten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bleed
noun
- 1
plural of Blüte
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Blut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. austreten von Blut aus Blutgefäßen 2. leid tun, seelische Pein verursachen 3. viel von etwas Wichtigem herausgeben, einbüßen
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 bluten
- blutet present singular third-person
- blutete past
- geblutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- blutend participle present
- blute first-person indicative present
- blutest indicative present second-person
- bluteten first-person indicative plural
- blutetest indicative preterite second-person
- blutetet indicative plural preterite
- blut imperative second-person singular
- habe geblutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geblutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- blute! imperative singular
- blutet! imperative plural
- geblutet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu bluten active extended infinitive
- geblutet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bluten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bluten in German?
bluten appears 10 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).