gähnen
German, verb/ˈɡɛːnən/
gähnen is spelled G-Ä-H-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gähnen is a German verb meaning “to yawn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Mund mit Einatmen und Ausatmen als Zeichen der Müdigkeit weit aufsperren”.
What does gähnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to yawn
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Mund mit Einatmen und Ausatmen als Zeichen der Müdigkeit weit aufsperren
noun: 1. reflexartiger tiefer Atemzugsverlauf mit aufgerissenem Kiefer und endendem kurzen Ausatmen
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 gähnen
- gähnt present singular third-person
- gähnte past
- gegähnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- gähnend participle present
- gähne first-person indicative present
- gähnst indicative present second-person
- gähnest second-person singular subjunctive
- gähnet plural second-person subjunctive
- gähnten first-person indicative plural
- gähntest indicative preterite second-person
- gähntet indicative plural preterite
- gähn imperative second-person singular
- habe gegähnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gegähnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- gähne! imperative singular
- gähnt! imperative plural
- gegähnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gähnen?
- /ˈɡɛːnən/
- /ˈɡeːnən/
- [ˈɡɛːnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gähnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gähnen in German?
gähnen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).