herzen
German, verb
herzen is spelled H-E-R-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written German, the 1,326th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herzen is a German verb meaning “to hug, embrace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herzen is a different word: “dative singular of Herz”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden liebevoll umarmen”.
What does herzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hug, embrace
- 2
to caress
noun
- 1
dative singular of Herz
- 2
plural of Herz
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden liebevoll umarmen
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 herzen
- herzt present singular third-person
- herzte past
- geherzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herzend participle present
- herze first-person indicative present
- herzest second-person singular subjunctive
- herzet plural second-person subjunctive
- herzten first-person indicative plural
- herztest indicative preterite second-person
- herztet indicative plural preterite
- herz imperative second-person singular
- habe geherzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geherzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- herz! imperative singular
- herze! imperative singular
- herzt! imperative plural
- herzet! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is herzen in German?
herzen appears 65 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).