säuern
[ˈzɔɪ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“säuern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Zugabe von zum Beispiel Essig oder Zitronensaft Säure hinzufügen und dem Geschmack dadurch eine saure Note geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-sauern · säuern · German
säuern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | säuern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzɔɪ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „säuern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
säuern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzɔɪ̯ɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for säuern, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is säuern, spelled S-Ä-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1durch Zugabe von zum Beispiel Essig oder Zitronensaft Säure hinzufügen und dem Geschmack dadurch eine saure Note geben
- 2gären; durch Gärung unter anderem einen eigentümlichen, sauren Geschmack bekommen
- 3Lebensmittel durch Gärung konservieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how säuern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erst säubert man den Karpfen, dann säuert man ihn, und zuletzt wird er gesalzen.
Sauermilch ist durch Gärung gesäuerte Milch.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.