gefrieren
German, verb/ɡəˈfʁiːʁən/
gefrieren is spelled G-E-F-R-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefrieren is a German verb meaning “to freeze (to become solid due to low temperature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Kälteeinwirkung fest und hart werden, zu Eis erstarren”.
What does gefrieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to freeze (to become solid due to low temperature)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Kälteeinwirkung fest und hart werden, zu Eis erstarren 2. Lebensmittel durch Kühlmittel einfrieren oder tiefgefrieren, um sie haltbar zu machen
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 gefrieren
- gefriert present singular third-person
- gefror past
- gefroren participle past
- gefröre past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- gefrierend participle present
- gefriere first-person indicative present
- gefrierst indicative present second-person
- gefrierest second-person singular subjunctive
- gefrieret plural second-person subjunctive
- gefrören first-person formal plural
- gefrorst indicative preterite second-person
- gefrort indicative plural preterite
- gefrörest formal rare second-person
- gefrörst formal rare second-person
- gefröret formal plural rare
- gefrört formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gefrieren?
- /ɡəˈfʁiːʁən/
- [ɡəˈfʁiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gefrieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gefrieren in German?
gefrieren 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).