duzen
German, verb/ˈduːtsn̩/
duzen is spelled D-U-Z-E-N (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duzen is a German verb meaning “to address informally using the pronoun du, to thou” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit du anreden”.
What does duzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to address informally using the pronoun du, to thou
- 2
to be on first-name terms
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit du anreden
noun: 1. diejenige der Anredeformen, bei der die gemeinte Person mit dem Anredepronomen du angesprochen wird
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 duzen
- duzt present singular third-person
- duzte past
- geduzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- duzend participle present
- duze first-person indicative present
- duzest second-person singular subjunctive
- duzet plural second-person subjunctive
- duzten first-person indicative plural
- duztest indicative preterite second-person
- duztet indicative plural preterite
- duz imperative second-person singular
- habe geduzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geduzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- duze! imperative singular
- duz! imperative singular
- duzt! imperative plural
- geduzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duzen?
- /ˈduːtsn̩/
- /ˈduːtsən/
- [ˈduːt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duzen in German?
duzen appears 1.1 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).