meckern
German, verb[ˈmɛkɐn]
meckern is spelled M-E-C-K-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meckern is a German verb meaning “to bleat (of goats)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich (oft) gehässig, aber nicht aggressiv beschweren; etwas bekritteln”.
What does meckern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bleat (of goats)
- 2
to grouse, to complain, to criticize a situation openly and pettily
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich (oft) gehässig, aber nicht aggressiv beschweren; etwas bekritteln 2. den typischen Laut einer Ziege (das Meckern) von sich geben 3. auf eine alberne Art und Weise lachen oder sprechen
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 meckern
- meckert present singular third-person
- meckerte past
- gemeckert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- meckernd participle present
- meckre first-person indicative present
- meckere first-person indicative present
- mecker first-person indicative present
- meckerst indicative present second-person
- meckerest second-person singular subjunctive
- meckrest second-person singular subjunctive
- meckeret plural second-person subjunctive
- meckret plural second-person subjunctive
- meckerten first-person indicative plural
- meckertest indicative preterite second-person
- meckertet indicative plural preterite
- meckre! imperative singular
- meckere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meckern?
- [ˈmɛkɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meckern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meckern in German?
meckern appears 5.2 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).