kauern
German, verb/ˈkaʊ̯ɐn/
kauern is spelled K-A-U-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kauern is a German verb meaning “to crouch, to cower, to huddle (to have positioned oneself in a compact way, with bent knees and back; sitting or squatting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in hockender Position oder mit gekrümmtem Rücken sitzen”.
What does kauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crouch, to cower, to huddle (to have positioned oneself in a compact way, with bent knees and back; sitting or squatting)
- 2
to position oneself in such a way
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in hockender Position oder mit gekrümmtem Rücken sitzen 2. sich zusammengekrümmt hinhocken oder hinsetzen
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 kauern
- kauert present singular third-person
- kauerte past
- gekauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kauernd participle present
- kaure first-person indicative present
- kauere first-person indicative present
- kauer first-person indicative present
- kauerst indicative present second-person
- kauerest second-person singular subjunctive
- kaurest second-person singular subjunctive
- kaueret plural second-person subjunctive
- kauret plural second-person subjunctive
- kauerten first-person indicative plural
- kauertest indicative preterite second-person
- kauertet indicative plural preterite
- kauere! imperative singular
- kauert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kauern?
- /ˈkaʊ̯ɐn/
- [ˈkaʊ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kauern in German?
kauern appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).