getrauen
German, verb/ɡəˈtʁaʊ̯ən/
getrauen is spelled G-E-T-R-A-U-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Getrauen is a German verb meaning “to dare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas wagen, den Mut haben etwas zu tun”.
What does getrauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dare
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas wagen, den Mut haben etwas zu tun
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 getrauen
- getraut present singular third-person
- getraute past
- haben auxiliary
- getrauend participle present
- getraue first-person indicative present
- getraust indicative present second-person
- getrauest second-person singular subjunctive
- getrauet plural second-person subjunctive
- getrauten first-person indicative plural
- getrautest indicative preterite second-person
- getrautet indicative plural preterite
- getrau imperative second-person singular
- habe getraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- getrau! imperative singular
- getraue! imperative singular
- getraut! imperative plural
- sich getrauen infinitive present not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce getrauen?
- /ɡəˈtʁaʊ̯ən/
- [ɡəˈtʁaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is getrauen in German?
getrauen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).