nachtrauern
German, verb
nachtrauern is spelled N-A-C-H-T-R-A-U-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachtrauern is a German verb meaning “to mourn, to regret, to wish back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nachtrauern is a different word: “gerund of nachtrauern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich wünschen, etwas oder jemand wäre wieder da; traurig über den Verlust sein”.
What does nachtrauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mourn, to regret, to wish back
Du wirst doch nicht etwa diesem Clown nachtrauern? Der war eh nichts für dich.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of nachtrauern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich wünschen, etwas oder jemand wäre wieder da; traurig über den Verlust sein
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 nachtrauern
- trauert nach present singular third-person
- trauerte nach past
- nachgetrauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nachtrauernd participle present
- nachzutrauern infinitive infinitive-zu
- traure nach first-person indicative present
- trauere nach first-person indicative present
- trauer nach first-person indicative present
- trauern nach first-person indicative plural
- trauerst nach indicative present second-person
- trauerest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- traurest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- traueret nach plural second-person subjunctive
- trauret nach plural second-person subjunctive
- trauerten nach first-person indicative plural
- trauertest nach indicative preterite second-person
- trauertet nach indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nachtrauern in German?
nachtrauern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).