schrauben
German, verb
schrauben is spelled S-C-H-R-A-U-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrauben is a German verb meaning “to screw (fasten something with screws, remove by unscrewing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schrauben is a different word: “gerund of schrauben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schrauben oder Ähnliches hinein- oder herausdrehen”.
What does schrauben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to screw (fasten something with screws, remove by unscrewing)
- 2
to design or move in a helical movement
- 3
obsoleteto put the screws on, to screw
- 4
obsoleteto jibe, to jeer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schrauben
noun
- 1
plural of Schraube
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Schrauben oder Ähnliches hinein- oder herausdrehen 2. sich mit schraubenartigen Bewegungen oder auf einer spiraligen Bahn fortbewegen 3. an etwas basteln, es verändern, indem (kleine) Veränderungen (schrittweise) ausprobiert/umgesetzt werden
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 schrauben
- schraubt present singular third-person
- schraubte past
- geschraubt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schraubend participle present
- schraube first-person indicative present
- schraubst indicative present second-person
- schraubest second-person singular subjunctive
- schraubet plural second-person subjunctive
- schraubten first-person indicative plural
- schraubtest indicative preterite second-person
- schraubtet indicative plural preterite
- schraub imperative second-person singular
- habe geschraubt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschraubt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schraube! imperative singular
- schraub! imperative singular
- schraubt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schrauben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schrauben in German?
schrauben appears 5.8 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).