starren
German, verb/ˈʃtarən/
starren is spelled S-T-A-R-R-E-N (7 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Starren is a German verb meaning “to stare, to gaze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewegungslos auf jemanden oder etwas schauen”.
What does starren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stare, to gaze
- 2
to be full (of), to be covered (with), to teem (with)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bewegungslos auf jemanden oder etwas schauen 2. von etwas in großer Menge bedeckt sein, voll mit etwas sein
noun: 1. bewegungsloses Schauen, starrender Blick
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 starren
- starrt present singular third-person
- starrte past
- gestarrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- starrend participle present
- starre first-person indicative present
- starrst indicative present second-person
- starrest second-person singular subjunctive
- starret plural second-person subjunctive
- starrten first-person indicative plural
- starrtest indicative preterite second-person
- starrtet indicative plural preterite
- starr imperative second-person singular
- habe gestarrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gestarrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- starre! imperative singular
- starrt! imperative plural
- gestarrt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce starren?
- /ˈʃtarən/
- [ˈʃta.ʁən]
- [-ʁn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to starren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is starren in German?
starren appears 5.4 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).