küren
German, verb
küren is spelled K-Ü-R-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Küren is a German verb meaning “to elect someone (something honourable); to present someone (with an honour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Küren is a different word: “plural of Kür”. On this page, Kuren is a different word: “plural of Kur”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auswählen, eine Entscheidung für etwas treffen”.
What does küren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to elect someone (something honourable); to present someone (with an honour)
Sie wurde zur Ballkönigin gekürt.
- 2
to choose; to elect (in general)
noun
- 1
plural of Kür
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Kur
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auswählen, eine Entscheidung für etwas treffen 2. jemandem einen Titel verleihen; eine von einer Jury vergebene Auszeichnung verleihen 3. einen Amtsträger, zum Beispiel einen Kaiser durch die Kurfürsten wählen
verb: 1. eine Kur machen
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 küren
- kürt present singular third-person
- kürte past
- kor past
- gekürt participle past
- gekoren participle past
- köre past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- kürend participle present
- küre first-person indicative present
- kürst indicative present second-person
- kürest second-person singular subjunctive
- küret plural second-person subjunctive
- kürten first-person indicative plural
- koren first-person indicative plural
- kören first-person formal plural
- kürtest indicative preterite second-person
- korst indicative preterite second-person
- kürtet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is küren in German?
küren appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).