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heuern

German, verb

heuern is spelled H-E-U-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heuern is a German verb meaning “to hire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Heuern is a different word: “plural of Heuer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mitarbeiter für die Arbeit auf einem Schiff anstellen”.

What does heuern mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to hire

noun

as Heuern
  1. 1

    plural of Heuer

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Mitarbeiter für die Arbeit auf einem Schiff anstellen 2. ein Schiff gegen Gebühr anmieten

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 heuern

  • heuert present singular third-person
  • heuerte past
  • geheuert participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • heuernd participle present
  • heure first-person indicative present
  • heuere first-person indicative present
  • heuer first-person indicative present
  • heuerst indicative present second-person
  • heuerest second-person singular subjunctive
  • heurest second-person singular subjunctive
  • heueret plural second-person subjunctive
  • heuret plural second-person subjunctive
  • heuerten first-person indicative plural
  • heuertest indicative preterite second-person
  • heuertet indicative plural preterite
  • heuer! imperative singular
  • heuere! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to heuern

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is heuern in German?

heuern appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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