parsen
German, verb
parsen is spelled P-A-R-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parsen is a German verb meaning “to parse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Parsen is a different word: “plural of Parse”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Syntax einer formalen Sprache analysieren”.
What does parsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to parse
noun
- 1
masculineplural of Parse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Syntax einer formalen Sprache analysieren
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 parsen
- parst present singular third-person
- parste past
- geparst participle past
- geparsed participle past
- haben auxiliary
- parsend participle present
- parse first-person indicative present
- parsest second-person singular subjunctive
- parset plural second-person subjunctive
- parsten first-person indicative plural
- parstest indicative preterite second-person
- parstet indicative plural preterite
- pars imperative second-person singular
- habe geparst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- pars! imperative singular
- parse! imperative singular
- parst! imperative plural
- geparst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to parsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parsen in German?
parsen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).