saufen
German, verb
saufen is spelled S-A-U-F-E-N (6 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saufen is a German verb meaning “to drink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Saufen is a different word: “gerund of saufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “trinken”.
What does saufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drink
- 2
informalto drink, especially in large quantities; to quaff; to swig
- 3
informalto booze; to consume alcohol excessively (in terms of quantity or frequency)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of saufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. trinken 2. meist alkoholische Getränke in großen Mengen konsumieren
verb: 1. eintauchen, versenken; töten, indem ins Wasser gedrückt 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 saufen
- säuft present singular third-person
- soff past
- gesoffen participle past
- söffe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- saufend participle present
- saufe first-person indicative present
- säufst indicative present second-person
- sauft indicative plural present
- saufest second-person singular subjunctive
- saufet plural second-person subjunctive
- soffen first-person indicative plural
- söffen first-person formal plural
- soffst indicative preterite second-person
- sofft indicative plural preterite
- söffest formal rare second-person
- söffst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to saufen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saufen in German?
saufen appears 6.9 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).