dreschen
German, verb[ˈdʁɛʃn̩]
dreschen is spelled D-R-E-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreschen is a German verb meaning “to thresh; to thrash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei Getreide, Hülsenfrüchten und dergleichen durch Trampeln, Schlagen, Walzen oder mit einer Dreschmaschine…”.
What does dreschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thresh; to thrash
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bei Getreide, Hülsenfrüchten und dergleichen durch Trampeln, Schlagen, Walzen oder mit einer Dreschmaschine die Körner vom Stroh trennen 2. jemanden prügeln oder auf jemanden oder etwas schlagen, draufhauen, drauftreten 3. grob und gefühllos auf einem Tasteninstrument spielen 4. Karten spielen, Skat spielen
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 dreschen
- drischt present singular third-person
- drosch past
- gedroschen participle past
- drösche past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- dreschend participle present
- dresche first-person indicative present
- drischst indicative present second-person
- drescht indicative plural present
- dreschest second-person singular subjunctive
- dreschet plural second-person subjunctive
- droschen first-person indicative plural
- dröschen first-person formal plural
- droschst indicative preterite second-person
- droscht indicative plural preterite
- dröschest formal rare second-person
- dröschst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dreschen?
- [ˈdʁɛʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dreschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dreschen in German?
dreschen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).