rudern
German, verb
rudern is spelled R-U-D-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rudern is a German verb meaning “to row (propel over water using oars)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rudern is a different word: “rowing”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unter Zuhilfenahme von Riemen oder Skulls in einem Ruderboot fortbewegen”.
What does rudern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to row (propel over water using oars)
- 2
to flail (one's arms)
noun
- 1
neuterrowing
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Ruder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unter Zuhilfenahme von Riemen oder Skulls in einem Ruderboot fortbewegen 2. kreisende Bewegungen ausführen („mit den Armen rudern“)
noun: 1. Sportart, bei der ein Boot mithilfe eines Ruders fortbewegt wird
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 rudern
- rudert present singular third-person
- ruderte past
- gerudert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- rudernd participle present
- rudre first-person indicative present
- rudere first-person indicative present
- ruder first-person indicative present
- ruderst indicative present second-person
- ruderest second-person singular subjunctive
- rudrest second-person singular subjunctive
- ruderet plural second-person subjunctive
- rudret plural second-person subjunctive
- ruderten first-person indicative plural
- rudertest indicative preterite second-person
- rudertet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rudern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rudern in German?
rudern appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).