dreinreden
German, verb/ˈdʁaɪ̯nˌʁeːdn̩/
dreinreden is spelled D-R-E-I-N-R-E-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreinreden is a German verb meaning “to interrupt a speaker or conversation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dreinreden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to interrupt a speaker or conversation
- 2
to interfere in someone's business, to butt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of dreinreden
- redet drein present singular third-person
- redete drein past
- dreingeredet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dreinredend participle present
- dreinzureden infinitive infinitive-zu
- rede drein first-person indicative present
- reden drein first-person indicative plural
- redest drein indicative present second-person
- redeten drein first-person indicative plural
- redetest drein indicative preterite second-person
- redetet drein indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dreinreden?
- /ˈdʁaɪ̯nˌʁeːdn̩/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dreinreden in German?
dreinreden appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).