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koten

German, verb/ˈkoːtən/

koten is spelled K-O-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Koten is a German verb meaning “to defecate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verdauungsreste aus dem Enddarm über den After ausscheiden”.

What does koten mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to defecate

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Verdauungsreste aus dem Enddarm über den After ausscheiden

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 koten

  • kotet present singular third-person
  • kotete past
  • gekotet participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • kotend participle present
  • kote first-person indicative present
  • kotest indicative present second-person
  • koteten first-person indicative plural
  • kotetest indicative preterite second-person
  • kotetet indicative plural preterite
  • kot imperative second-person singular
  • habe gekotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gekotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • kote! imperative singular
  • kotet! imperative plural
  • gekotet haben active infinitive perfect
  • zu koten active extended infinitive
  • gekotet zu haben active extended infinitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce koten?

  • /ˈkoːtən/
  • [ˈkʰoː.tn̩]
  • [ˈkoːtn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to koten

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is koten in German?

koten appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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