mildern
German, verb/ˈmɪldɐn/
mildern is spelled M-I-L-D-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mildern is a German verb meaning “to mitigate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in dessen (negativer) Wirkung abschwächen”.
What does mildern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mitigate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in dessen (negativer) Wirkung abschwächen 2. in der (negativen) Wirkung schwächer werden; milder werden
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 mildern
- mildert present singular third-person
- milderte past
- gemildert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mildernd participle present
- mildre first-person indicative present
- mildere first-person indicative present
- milder first-person indicative present
- milderst indicative present second-person
- milderest second-person singular subjunctive
- mildrest second-person singular subjunctive
- milderet plural second-person subjunctive
- mildret plural second-person subjunctive
- milderten first-person indicative plural
- mildertest indicative preterite second-person
- mildertet indicative plural preterite
- mildere! imperative singular
- mildert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mildern?
- /ˈmɪldɐn/
- [ˈmɪldɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mildern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mildern in German?
mildern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).