hungern
German, verb/ˈhʊŋəʁn/
hungern is spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hungern is a German verb meaning “to hunger, to starve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hunger haben, hungrig sein”.
What does hungern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hunger, to starve
Er hungert offensichtlich nach erwachsener Aufmerksamkeit, und bekommt es zuhause nicht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hunger haben, hungrig sein 2. anhaltend an Hunger leiden, über längere Zeit hinweg nicht genügend Nahrung zu sich nehmen 3. heftig nach etwas verlangen, sich nach etwas sehnen
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 hungern
- hungert present singular third-person
- hungerte past
- gehungert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hungernd participle present
- hungre first-person indicative present
- hungere first-person indicative present
- hunger first-person indicative present
- hungerst indicative present second-person
- hungerest second-person singular subjunctive
- hungrest second-person singular subjunctive
- hungeret plural second-person subjunctive
- hungret plural second-person subjunctive
- hungerten first-person indicative plural
- hungertest indicative preterite second-person
- hungertet indicative plural preterite
- hungere! imperative singular
- hungert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hungern?
- /ˈhʊŋəʁn/
- [ˈhʊŋɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hungern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hungern in German?
hungern appears 2.8 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).