säubern
German, verb
säubern is spelled S-Ä-U-B-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Säubern is a German verb meaning “to clean, to cleanse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Säubern is a different word: “gerund of säubern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Dreck und Verunreinigungen entfernen; sauber machen”.
What does säubern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clean, to cleanse
noun
- 1
neutergerund of säubern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dreck und Verunreinigungen entfernen; sauber machen
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 säubern
- säubert present singular third-person
- säuberte past
- gesäubert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- säubernd participle present
- säubre first-person indicative present
- säubere first-person indicative present
- säuber first-person indicative present
- säuberst indicative present second-person
- säuberest second-person singular subjunctive
- säubrest second-person singular subjunctive
- säuberet plural second-person subjunctive
- säubret plural second-person subjunctive
- säuberten first-person indicative plural
- säubertest indicative preterite second-person
- säubertet indicative plural preterite
- säubere! imperative singular
- säuber! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to säubern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is säubern in German?
säubern appears 2.2 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).