eitern
German, verb/ˈai̯tɐn/
eitern is spelled E-I-T-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eitern is a German verb meaning “to suppurate (form or discharge pus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eiter bilden und absondern”.
What does eitern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suppurate (form or discharge pus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Eiter bilden und absondern
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 eitern
- eitert present singular third-person
- eiterte past
- geeitert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- eiternd participle present
- eitre first-person indicative present
- eitere first-person indicative present
- eiter first-person indicative present
- eiterst indicative present second-person
- eiterest second-person singular subjunctive
- eitrest second-person singular subjunctive
- eiteret plural second-person subjunctive
- eitret plural second-person subjunctive
- eiterten first-person indicative plural
- eitertest indicative preterite second-person
- eitertet indicative plural preterite
- eitere! imperative singular
- eitert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eitern?
- /ˈai̯tɐn/
- [ˈaɪ̯tɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eitern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eitern in German?
eitern 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).