leiern
German, verb
leiern is a German verb meaning “to hum, to drone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Leiern is a different word: “plural of Leier”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Betonung und Engagement einen Text vortragen”.
What does leiern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hum, to drone
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Leier
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ohne Betonung und Engagement einen Text vortragen 2. kein klares Klangbild mehr abgeben; verschwommen/verzerrt klingen 3. immer das Gleiche spielen (wie ein Leierkasten) 4. eine Kurbel bedienen
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 leiern
- leiert present singular third-person
- leierte past
- geleiert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- leiernd participle present
- leire first-person indicative present
- leiere first-person indicative present
- leier first-person indicative present
- leierst indicative present second-person
- leierest second-person singular subjunctive
- leirest second-person singular subjunctive
- leieret plural second-person subjunctive
- leiret plural second-person subjunctive
- leierten first-person indicative plural
- leiertest indicative preterite second-person
- leiertet indicative plural preterite
- leier! imperative singular
- leire! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is leiern in German?
leiern appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).