klauen
German, verb
klauen is spelled K-L-A-U-E-N (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 7,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klauen is a German verb meaning “to steal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Klauen is a different word: “stealing”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas entwenden, stehlen”.
What does klauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto steal
Tolle Idee, die werde ich klauen!
noun
- 1
neuterstealing
noun
- 1
plural of Klaue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas entwenden, stehlen
noun: 1. der Vorgang, einen Diebstahl zu begehen
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 klauen
- klaut present singular third-person
- klaute past
- geklaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- klauend participle present
- klaue first-person indicative present
- klaust indicative present second-person
- klauest second-person singular subjunctive
- klauet plural second-person subjunctive
- klauten first-person indicative plural
- klautest indicative preterite second-person
- klautet indicative plural preterite
- klau imperative second-person singular
- habe geklaut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geklaut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- klaue! imperative singular
- klau! imperative singular
- klaut! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to klauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klauen in German?
klauen 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).