klären
German, verb
klären is spelled K-L-Ä-R-E-N (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,888th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klären is a German verb meaning “to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to resolve, to sort out (a problem or a question)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, klaren is a different word: “strong genitive masculine/neuter singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mitteilen, wie sich etwas in Wahrheit verhält”.
What does klären mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to resolve, to sort out (a problem or a question)
Du musst diese Frage für dich (selber) klären.
- 2
to clarify, to remove (visible contaminants)
- 3
to clear (kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
- 4
to become clear
Der Himmel klärte sich und die Sonne schien.
- 5
to make available, to ready
- 6
colloquialvulgarto seduce, to wrap around one's little finger as a sex object, to rizz
Wir fahren in die Stadt, Chayas klären.
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mitteilen, wie sich etwas in Wahrheit verhält 2. von Schmutz befreien 3. von drohenden Spielsituationen befreien
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 klären
- klärt present singular third-person
- klärte past
- geklärt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- klärend participle present
- kläre first-person indicative present
- klärst indicative present second-person
- klärest second-person singular subjunctive
- kläret plural second-person subjunctive
- klärten first-person indicative plural
- klärtest indicative preterite second-person
- klärtet indicative plural preterite
- klär imperative second-person singular
- habe geklärt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geklärt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- klär! imperative singular
- kläre! imperative singular
- klärt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to klären
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klären in German?
klären appears 20 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).