niederbrennen
German, verb
niederbrennen is spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-B-R-E-N-N-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niederbrennen is a German verb meaning “to burn down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Niederbrennen is a different word: “gerund of niederbrennen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Feuer völlig zerstört/vernichtet werden”.
What does niederbrennen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burn down
noun
- 1
neutergerund of niederbrennen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Feuer völlig zerstört/vernichtet werden 2. entzündet sein und dadurch langsam kleiner/aufgezehrt werden 3. große Hitze nach unten ausstrahlen 4. etwas anzünden und vom Feuer völlig zerstören 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 niederbrennen
- brennt nieder present singular third-person
- brannte nieder past
- niedergebrannt participle past
- brennte nieder past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- niederbrennend participle present
- niederzubrennen infinitive infinitive-zu
- brenne nieder first-person indicative present
- brennen nieder first-person indicative plural
- brennst nieder indicative present second-person
- brennest nieder second-person singular subjunctive
- brennet nieder plural second-person subjunctive
- brannten nieder first-person indicative plural
- brennten nieder first-person formal plural
- branntest nieder indicative preterite second-person
- branntet nieder indicative plural preterite
- brenntest nieder formal rare second-person
- brenntet nieder formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to niederbrennen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is niederbrennen in German?
niederbrennen 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).