leeren
German, verb
leeren is spelled L-E-E-R-E-N (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leeren is a German verb meaning “to empty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of leer. With a capital, Leeren is a different word: “plural of Leere”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Inhalt verbrauchen oder entfernen”.
What does leeren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to empty
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
plural of Leere
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Inhalt verbrauchen oder entfernen 2. leer werden 3. (Flüssigkeiten oder Kleinteiliges) aus einem Behältnis irgendwohin schütten
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 leeren
- leert present singular third-person
- leerte past
- geleert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- leerend participle present
- leere first-person indicative present
- leerst indicative present second-person
- leerest second-person singular subjunctive
- leeret plural second-person subjunctive
- leerten first-person indicative plural
- leertest indicative preterite second-person
- leertet indicative plural preterite
- leer imperative second-person singular
- habe geleert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geleert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- leere! imperative singular
- leer! imperative singular
- leert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leeren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leeren in German?
leeren appears 14 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).