daherreden
German, verb[daˈheːɐ̯ˌʁeːdn̩]
daherreden is spelled D-A-H-E-R-R-E-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daherreden is a German verb meaning “to speak foolishly; to drivel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbedacht über etwas sprechen, ohne dass es Sinn ergibt, realistisch erscheint oder Ähnliches”.
What does daherreden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to speak foolishly; to drivel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unbedacht über etwas sprechen, ohne dass es Sinn ergibt, realistisch erscheint oder Ähnliches
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 daherreden
- redet daher present singular third-person
- redete daher past
- dahergeredet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- daherredend participle present
- daherzureden infinitive infinitive-zu
- rede daher first-person indicative present
- reden daher first-person indicative plural
- redest daher indicative present second-person
- redeten daher first-person indicative plural
- redetest daher indicative preterite second-person
- redetet daher indicative plural preterite
- red daher! imperative singular
- rede daher! imperative singular
- redet daher! imperative plural
- dahergeredet haben active infinitive perfect
- dahergeredet sein statal-passive infinitive present
- dahergeredet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce daherreden?
- [daˈheːɐ̯ˌʁeːdn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is daherreden in German?
daherreden appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).