kobern
German, verb/ˈkoːbɐn/
kobern is spelled K-O-B-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kobern is a German verb meaning “to solicit payment for prostitution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich erholen, wieder genesen (zum Beispiel nach einem Kampf oder einer Krankheit)”.
What does kobern mean in English?
verb
- 1
slangto solicit payment for prostitution
- 2
slangvulgarto seek customers importunely
- 3
obsoleteslangto swive, to coitize
- 4
obsoleteslangto be intimate, to be or work together secretly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich erholen, wieder genesen (zum Beispiel nach einem Kampf oder einer Krankheit) 2. eifrig arbeiten, etwas überwinden 3. auf jemanden wiederholt einschlagen 4. alle Mittel anwenden, um etwas zu erlangen
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 kobern
- kobert present singular third-person
- koberte past
- gekobert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kobernd participle present
- kobre first-person indicative present
- kobere first-person indicative present
- kober first-person indicative present
- koberst indicative present second-person
- koberest second-person singular subjunctive
- kobrest second-person singular subjunctive
- koberet plural second-person subjunctive
- kobret plural second-person subjunctive
- koberten first-person indicative plural
- kobertest indicative preterite second-person
- kobertet indicative plural preterite
- kobere! imperative singular
- kobert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kobern?
- /ˈkoːbɐn/
- [ˈkoːbɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kobern in German?
kobern appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).