muten
German, verb/muːtən/
muten is spelled M-U-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muten is a German verb meaning “to dowse (with a divining rod)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach etwas trachten, verlangen, etwas begehren”.
What does muten mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto desire, to demand, to set one's mind on something
- 2
to dowse (with a divining rod)
- 3
to apply for a mining concession
verb
- 1
to mute
Ich hab ihn gemutet, aber der Rotz kommt durch.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach etwas trachten, verlangen, etwas begehren 2. Genehmigung zum Bergbau beantragen
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 muten
- mutet present singular third-person
- mutete past
- gemutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- muthen obsolete
- mute present
- mutest present
- mut! imperative singular
- mute! imperative singular
- mutet! imperative plural
- gemutet haben active infinitive perfect
- gemutet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gemutet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- gemutet sein statal-passive infinitive present
- gemutet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu muten active extended infinitive
- gemutet zu haben active extended infinitive
- gemutet zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muten?
- /muːtən/
- [muːtn̩]
- /mjuːtən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muten in German?
muten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).