plärren
German, verb/ˈplɛʁən/
plärren is spelled P-L-Ä-R-R-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plärren is a German verb meaning “to cry or weep in a shrill and continuous manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “laut schreien, brüllen”.
What does plärren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cry or weep in a shrill and continuous manner
- 2
to sing unmelodiously or cacophonously
- 3
to blare, to produce sound loudly and piercingly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. laut schreien, brüllen 2. laut tönen 3. weinen
noun: 1. plärrendes Geräusch
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 plärren
- plärrt present singular third-person
- plärrte past
- geplärrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- plärrend participle present
- plärre first-person indicative present
- plärrst indicative present second-person
- plärrest second-person singular subjunctive
- plärret plural second-person subjunctive
- plärrten first-person indicative plural
- plärrtest indicative preterite second-person
- plärrtet indicative plural preterite
- plärr imperative second-person singular
- habe geplärrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geplärrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- plärr! imperative singular
- plärrt! imperative plural
- geplärrt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plärren?
- /ˈplɛʁən/
- [ˈplɛ.ʁən]
- [ˈplɛː.ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plärren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plärren in German?
plärren 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).