lindern
German, verb[ˈlɪndɐn]
lindern is spelled L-I-N-D-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lindern is a German verb meaning “to alleviate, to ease, to relieve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen (sehr) unangenehmen Zustand, oft von Schmerzen oder Not, (ein wenig) zum Besseren hin verändern”.
What does lindern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alleviate, to ease, to relieve
Schmerzen lindern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen (sehr) unangenehmen Zustand, oft von Schmerzen oder Not, (ein wenig) zum Besseren hin verändern
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 lindern
- lindert present singular third-person
- linderte past
- gelindert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lindernd participle present
- lindre first-person indicative present
- lindere first-person indicative present
- linder first-person indicative present
- linderst indicative present second-person
- linderest second-person singular subjunctive
- lindrest second-person singular subjunctive
- linderet plural second-person subjunctive
- lindret plural second-person subjunctive
- linderten first-person indicative plural
- lindertest indicative preterite second-person
- lindertet indicative plural preterite
- linder! imperative singular
- lindre! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lindern?
- [ˈlɪndɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lindern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lindern in German?
lindern appears 2.8 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).