knurren
German, verb
knurren is spelled K-N-U-R-R-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knurren is a German verb meaning “to growl, to grunt, to grumble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Knurren is a different word: “gerund of knurren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein dumpf vibrierendes Geräusch der Feindseligkeit erzeugen”.
What does knurren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to growl, to grunt, to grumble
noun
- 1
neutergerund of knurren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein dumpf vibrierendes Geräusch der Feindseligkeit erzeugen 2. ein Geräusch als Anzeichen für Hunger machen 3. mürrisch sprechen, etwas unfreundlich äußern
noun: 1. knurrendes Geräusch
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 knurren
- knurrt present singular third-person
- knurrte past
- geknurrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knurrend participle present
- knurre first-person indicative present
- knurrst indicative present second-person
- knurrest second-person singular subjunctive
- knurret plural second-person subjunctive
- knurrten first-person indicative plural
- knurrtest indicative preterite second-person
- knurrtet indicative plural preterite
- knurr imperative second-person singular
- habe geknurrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geknurrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- knurre! imperative singular
- knurr! imperative singular
- knurrt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to knurren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knurren in German?
knurren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).