schirren
German, verb/ˈʃɪʁən/
schirren is spelled S-C-H-I-R-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schirren is a German verb meaning “to harness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zugtiere mit einem Geschirr an, vor oder in etwas spannen”.
What does schirren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Zugtiere mit einem Geschirr an, vor oder in etwas spannen
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 schirren
- schirrt present singular third-person
- schirrte past
- geschirrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schirrend participle present
- schirre first-person indicative present
- schirrst indicative present second-person
- schirrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schirret plural second-person subjunctive
- schirrten first-person indicative plural
- schirrtest indicative preterite second-person
- schirrtet indicative plural preterite
- schirr imperative second-person singular
- habe geschirrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschirrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schirr! imperative singular
- schirre! imperative singular
- schirrt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schirren?
- /ˈʃɪʁən/
- [ˈʃɪʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schirren in German?
schirren appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).