bunkern
German, verb
bunkern is spelled B-U-N-K-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bunkern is a German verb meaning “to load (something) into a ship’s bunker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bunkern is a different word: “gerund of bunkern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas über längere Zeit (an einem heimlichen Ort) aufbewahren; oft weil ein Mangel herrscht oder man…”.
What does bunkern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to load (something) into a ship’s bunker
Der Kapitän hatte nur die halbe Menge Kohle bunkern lassen.
- 2
informalto hoard, to stash, to amass (and hide)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bunkern
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Bunker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas über längere Zeit (an einem heimlichen Ort) aufbewahren; oft weil ein Mangel herrscht oder man befürchtet, dass sich einer entwickelt oder weil es sich um etwas handelt, das man eigentlich nicht haben sollte 2. an Bord nehmen
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 bunkern
- bunkert present singular third-person
- bunkerte past
- gebunkert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bunkernd participle present
- bunkre first-person indicative present
- bunkere first-person indicative present
- bunker first-person indicative present
- bunkerst indicative present second-person
- bunkerest second-person singular subjunctive
- bunkrest second-person singular subjunctive
- bunkeret plural second-person subjunctive
- bunkret plural second-person subjunctive
- bunkerten first-person indicative plural
- bunkertest indicative preterite second-person
- bunkertet indicative plural preterite
- bunker! imperative singular
- bunkere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bunkern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bunkern in German?
bunkern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).