lauern
German, verb/ˈlauɐn/
lauern is spelled L-A-U-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lauern is a German verb meaning “lurk; to follow, watch, or spy in hiding or in the background” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Hintergrund beobachten, ausspähen”.
What does lauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
lurk; to follow, watch, or spy in hiding or in the background
- 2
to lie in wait or ambush
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. im Hintergrund beobachten, ausspähen 2. im Hinterhalt warten
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 lauern
- lauert present singular third-person
- lauerte past
- gelauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lauernd participle present
- laure first-person indicative present
- lauere first-person indicative present
- lauer first-person indicative present
- lauerst indicative present second-person
- lauerest second-person singular subjunctive
- laurest second-person singular subjunctive
- laueret plural second-person subjunctive
- lauret plural second-person subjunctive
- lauerten first-person indicative plural
- lauertest indicative preterite second-person
- lauertet indicative plural preterite
- lauere! imperative singular
- lauert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lauern?
- /ˈlauɐn/
- [ˈlaʊ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lauern in German?
lauern appears 2.1 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).