brühen
German, verb
brühen is spelled B-R-Ü-H-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brühen is a German verb meaning “to blanch, pour seething water over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Brühen is a different word: “plural of Brühe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lebensmittel (Fleisch, Gemüse) in kochender Flüssigkeit garen oder damit übergießen”.
What does brühen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blanch, pour seething water over
- 2
to brew, put a pot on
noun
- 1
plural of Brühe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lebensmittel (Fleisch, Gemüse) in kochender Flüssigkeit garen oder damit übergießen 2. Heißgetränke wie Tee, Kaffee zubereiten – durch Übergießen der Teeblätter, des Teebeutels, des Kaffeepulvers mit kochendem Wasser 3. sich durch Kontakt mit heißer Flüssigkeit die Haut verletzen
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 brühen
- brüht present singular third-person
- brühte past
- gebrüht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- brühend participle present
- brühe first-person indicative present
- brühst indicative present second-person
- brühest second-person singular subjunctive
- brühet plural second-person subjunctive
- brühten first-person indicative plural
- brühtest indicative preterite second-person
- brühtet indicative plural preterite
- brüh imperative second-person singular
- habe gebrüht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebrüht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- brüh! imperative singular
- brühe! imperative singular
- brüht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brühen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brühen in German?
brühen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).