grämen
German, verb/ˈɡʁɛːmən/
grämen is spelled G-R-Ä-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grämen is a German verb meaning “to trouble; to worry; to make unhappy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei jemandem Kummer, Traurigkeit verursachen”.
What does grämen mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto trouble; to worry; to make unhappy
es grämt mich
- 2
datedto feel sorrow; to worry; to be unhappy
ich gräme mich darüber
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bei jemandem Kummer, Traurigkeit verursachen 2. traurig, bekümmert sein
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 grämen
- grämt present singular third-person
- grämte past
- gegrämt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- grämend participle present
- gräme first-person indicative present
- grämst indicative present second-person
- grämest second-person singular subjunctive
- grämet plural second-person subjunctive
- grämten first-person indicative plural
- grämtest indicative preterite second-person
- grämtet indicative plural preterite
- gräm imperative second-person singular
- habe gegrämt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gegrämt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- gräme! imperative singular
- gräm! imperative singular
- grämt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grämen?
- /ˈɡʁɛːmən/
- /ˈɡʁeːmən/
- [ˈɡʁɛːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grämen in German?
grämen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).