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drücken

German, verb

drücken is spelled D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (7 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drücken is a German verb meaning “to press, to push (a button/key; a finger or other object against something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, drucken is a different word: “to print (a book, newspaper etc.)”. With a capital, Drücken is a different word: “dative plural of Druck”. On this page, Drucken is a different word: “dative plural of Druck”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gerichtet eine Kraft ausüben; Druck erzeugen”.

What does drücken mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to press, to push (a button/key; a finger or other object against something)

    Drück diesen Knopf nicht!

  2. 2

    to push, to press, to exert pressure, to click (with a mouse)

    Das Wasser drückt gegen den Deich.

  3. 3

    to squeeze

    Sie drückte liebevoll meine Hand.

  4. 4

    informalto hug

  5. 5

    to lower, to depress (a value or statistic; especially as a result of wider circumstances or dynamics)

  6. 6

    to shirk, to avoid

    Er hat sich in letzter Zeit vor seinen Aufgaben gedrückt.

  7. 7

    slangto shoot (to inject a drug)

verb

as drucken
  1. 1

    to print (a book, newspaper etc.)

noun

as Drücken
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Druck

noun

as Drucken
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Druck

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. durch Druck vervielfältigen

verb: 1. gerichtet eine Kraft ausüben; Druck erzeugen 2. jemanden umarmen 3. einer unangenehmen Aufgabe (einer Arbeit) ausweichen 4. einen Preis vermindern

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 drücken

  • druckt present singular third-person
  • druckte past
  • gedruckt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • druckend participle present
  • drucke first-person indicative present
  • druckst indicative present second-person
  • druckest second-person singular subjunctive
  • drucket plural second-person subjunctive
  • druckten first-person indicative plural
  • drucktest indicative preterite second-person
  • drucktet indicative plural preterite
  • druck imperative second-person singular
  • habe gedruckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gedruckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • druck! imperative singular
  • drucke! imperative singular
  • druckt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to drücken

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is drücken in German?

drücken appears 28 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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