murren
German, verb
murren is spelled M-U-R-R-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murren is a German verb meaning “to grumble (to express one's displeasure, especially with a low voice, without explicitly addressing anyone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Murren is a different word: “murmur”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “protestierende Laute (auch Wörter) ausstoßen”.
What does murren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grumble (to express one's displeasure, especially with a low voice, without explicitly addressing anyone)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of murren
- 2
neutermurmur
- 3
neutermutter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. protestierende Laute (auch Wörter) ausstoßen 2. sich bedrohlich hören lassen
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 murren
- murrt present singular third-person
- murrte past
- gemurrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- murrend participle present
- murre first-person indicative present
- murrst indicative present second-person
- murrest second-person singular subjunctive
- murret plural second-person subjunctive
- murrten first-person indicative plural
- murrtest indicative preterite second-person
- murrtet indicative plural preterite
- murr imperative second-person singular
- habe gemurrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemurrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- murre! imperative singular
- murrt! imperative plural
- gemurrt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to murren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is murren in German?
murren 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).