dörren
German, verb
dörren is spelled D-Ö-R-R-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dörren is a German verb meaning “to desiccate, to dry (especially for preservation of foodstuff)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, dorren is a different word: “to wither, to dry out (of plants, harvest, etc.)”. With a capital, Dörren is a different word: “gerund of dörren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas trocken machen (besonders Obst, Pilze, Fleisch)”.
What does dörren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to desiccate, to dry (especially for preservation of foodstuff)
- 2
to (slowly) dry out (especially of organic matter)
verb
- 1
to wither, to dry out (of plants, harvest, etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of dörren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. trocken werden
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas trocken machen (besonders Obst, Pilze, Fleisch)
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 dörren
- dörrt present singular third-person
- dörrte past
- gedörrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- dörrend participle present
- dörre first-person indicative present
- dörrst indicative present second-person
- dörrest second-person singular subjunctive
- dörret plural second-person subjunctive
- dörrten first-person indicative plural
- dörrtest indicative preterite second-person
- dörrtet indicative plural preterite
- dörr imperative second-person singular
- dorre present
- dorrst present
- dorrt present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dörren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dörren in German?
dörren appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).