modern
German, verb/ˈmoːdɐn/
modern is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,427th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modern is a German verb meaning “to rot, to molder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “faulen, verfaulen”.
What does modern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rot, to molder
adjective
- 1
modern
- 2
state-of-the-art
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. der Zeit entsprechend, neuzeitlich 2. in Mode 3. der Epoche der Moderne zugehörig
verb: 1. faulen, verfaulen
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 modern
- modert present singular third-person
- moderte past
- gemodert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- modernd participle present
- modre first-person indicative present
- modere first-person indicative present
- moder first-person indicative present
- moderst indicative present second-person
- moderest second-person singular subjunctive
- modrest second-person singular subjunctive
- moderet plural second-person subjunctive
- modret plural second-person subjunctive
- moderten first-person indicative plural
- modertest indicative preterite second-person
- modertet indicative plural preterite
- moderner comparative
- am modernsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modern?
- /ˈmoːdɐn/
- /moˈdɛʁn/
- [moˈdɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modern in German?
modern appears 17 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).