jagen
German, verb
jagen is spelled J-A-G-E-N (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jagen is a German verb meaning “to hunt (game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Jagen is a different word: “gerund of jagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Jagd ausüben, Tier verfolgen und erlegen”.
What does jagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hunt (game)
- 2
to chase, chase after (to follow at speed)
- 3
to thrust, pierce
jemandem eine Kugel durchs Herz jagen
- 4
to rush, hustle
Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of jagen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Jagd ausüben, Tier verfolgen und erlegen 2. einen Menschen verfolgen 3. sich schnell fortbewegen
noun: 1. das Ausüben der Jagd, Verfolgung von etwas oder jemandem
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 jagen
- jagt present singular third-person
- jagte past
- gejagt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- jagend participle present
- jage first-person indicative present
- jagst indicative present second-person
- jagest second-person singular subjunctive
- jaget plural second-person subjunctive
- jagten first-person indicative plural
- jagtest indicative preterite second-person
- jagtet indicative plural preterite
- jag imperative second-person singular
- habe gejagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gejagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- jag! imperative singular
- jage! imperative singular
- jagt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to jagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jagen in German?
jagen appears 10 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).