bugsieren
German, verb/buˈksiːrən/
bugsieren is spelled B-U-G-S-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bugsieren is a German verb meaning “to tow a ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Seefahrt: ein Schiff durch Lotsen ins Schlepptau nehmen und an einen bestimmten Ort schleppen”.
What does bugsieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tow a ship
- 2
colloquialto put something in a place; to move something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Seefahrt: ein Schiff durch Lotsen ins Schlepptau nehmen und an einen bestimmten Ort schleppen 2. mit Mühe an einen anderen Ort bringen 3. Dinge 4. Menschen, auch Tiere
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 bugsieren
- bugsiert present singular third-person
- bugsierte past
- haben auxiliary
- bugsierend participle present
- bugsiere first-person indicative present
- bugsierst indicative present second-person
- bugsierest second-person singular subjunctive
- bugsieret plural second-person subjunctive
- bugsierten first-person indicative plural
- bugsiertest indicative preterite second-person
- bugsiertet indicative plural preterite
- bugsier imperative second-person singular
- habe bugsiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bugsiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bugsiere! imperative singular
- bugsier! imperative singular
- bugsiert! imperative plural
- bugsiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bugsieren?
- /buˈksiːrən/
- [bu-]
- [ˌbʊ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bugsieren in German?
bugsieren appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).