harren
German, verb/ˈharən/
harren is spelled H-A-R-R-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harren is a German verb meaning “with resignation or humility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(hoffend) auf etwas oder jemanden warten”.
What does harren mean in English?
verb
- 1
with resignation or humility
Er harrte seines Schicksals.
- 2
datedwith longingness or hopefulness
Ich harre meines Vaters.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (hoffend) auf etwas oder jemanden warten
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 harren
- harrt present singular third-person
- harrte past
- geharrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- harrend participle present
- harre first-person indicative present
- harrst indicative present second-person
- harrest second-person singular subjunctive
- harret plural second-person subjunctive
- harrten first-person indicative plural
- harrtest indicative preterite second-person
- harrtet indicative plural preterite
- harr imperative second-person singular
- habe geharrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geharrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- harre! imperative singular
- harrt! imperative plural
- geharrt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce harren?
- /ˈharən/
- [ˈha.ʁən]
- [-ʁn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to harren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is harren in German?
harren 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).