säuern
German, verb
säuern is spelled S-Ä-U-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Säuern is a German verb meaning “to make sour, to make acidic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Säuern is a different word: “gerund of säuern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Zugabe von zum Beispiel Essig oder Zitronensaft Säure hinzufügen und dem Geschmack dadurch eine saure…”.
What does säuern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make sour, to make acidic
- 2
to become sour, to become acidic
noun
- 1
neutergerund of säuern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Zugabe von zum Beispiel Essig oder Zitronensaft Säure hinzufügen und dem Geschmack dadurch eine saure Note geben 2. gären; durch Gärung unter anderem einen eigentümlichen, sauren Geschmack bekommen 3. Lebensmittel durch Gärung konservieren
verb: 1. sauer werden/sein
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 säuern
- säuert present singular third-person
- säuerte past
- gesäuert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- säuernd participle present
- säure first-person indicative present
- säuere first-person indicative present
- säuer first-person indicative present
- säuerst indicative present second-person
- säuerest second-person singular subjunctive
- säurest second-person singular subjunctive
- säueret plural second-person subjunctive
- säuret plural second-person subjunctive
- säuerten first-person indicative plural
- säuertest indicative preterite second-person
- säuertet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to säuern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is säuern in German?
säuern appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).