mindern
German, verb/ˈmɪndɐn/
mindern is spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mindern is a German verb meaning “to abate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas kleiner, weniger machen; bewirken, dass etwas geringer wird”.
What does mindern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abate
- 2
to debase
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas kleiner, weniger machen; bewirken, dass etwas geringer wird 2. eine Zahlung kürzen (oft wegen Mängeln der Leistung)
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 mindern
- mindert present singular third-person
- minderte past
- gemindert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mindernd participle present
- mindre first-person indicative present
- mindere first-person indicative present
- minder first-person indicative present
- minderst indicative present second-person
- minderest second-person singular subjunctive
- mindrest second-person singular subjunctive
- minderet plural second-person subjunctive
- mindret plural second-person subjunctive
- minderten first-person indicative plural
- mindertest indicative preterite second-person
- mindertet indicative plural preterite
- mindere! imperative singular
- mindert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mindern?
- /ˈmɪndɐn/
- [ˈmɪndɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mindern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mindern in German?
mindern appears 2.2 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).