brüten
German, verb
brüten is spelled B-R-Ü-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brüten is a German verb meaning “to brood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Bruten is a different word: “plural of Brut”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eiern Wärme zuführen, um die Entwicklung des Nachwuchses zu gewährleisten”.
What does brüten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brood
- 2
to chew on something, to rack one's brain over something (+ über)
noun
- 1
plural of Brut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Eiern Wärme zuführen, um die Entwicklung des Nachwuchses zu gewährleisten 2. große Hitze ertragen, die drückend auf einem lastet 3. über etwas angestrengt nachdenken
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 brüten
- brütet present singular third-person
- brütete past
- gebrütet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- brütend participle present
- brüte first-person indicative present
- brütest indicative present second-person
- brüteten first-person indicative plural
- brütetest indicative preterite second-person
- brütetet indicative plural preterite
- brüt imperative second-person singular
- habe gebrütet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebrütet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- brüte! imperative singular
- brütet! imperative plural
- gebrütet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu brüten active extended infinitive
- gebrütet 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 brüten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brüten in German?
brüten appears 1.3 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).