garen
German, verb
garen is spelled G-A-R-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garen is a German verb meaning “cook (prepare (food) for eating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, gären is a different word: “to ferment”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lebensmittel erhitzen, um sie bekömmlich zu machen, etwas gar werden lassen”.
What does garen mean in English?
verb
- 1
cook (prepare (food) for eating)
Wir haben die Kartoffeln im Backofen gegart.
- 2
cook (become ready for eating)
verb
- 1
to ferment
- 2
to be agitated; to seethe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lebensmittel erhitzen, um sie bekömmlich zu machen, etwas gar werden lassen 2. gar werden
verb: 1. sich als organisches Material unter Luftabschluss, insbesondere mit Entstehung von Alkohol oder Milchsäure zersetzen
verb: 1. Konflikte treten heimlich innerhalb eines Systemes auf
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 garen
- gärt present singular third-person
- gor past
- gärte past
- gegoren participle past
- gegärt participle past
- göre past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong or weak
- haben or sein auxiliary
- gärend participle present
- gäre first-person indicative present
- gärst indicative present second-person
- gärest second-person singular subjunctive
- gäret plural second-person subjunctive
- goren first-person indicative plural
- gärten first-person indicative plural
- gören first-person formal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to garen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garen in German?
garen 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).