stöhnen
German, verb/ˈʃtøːnən/
stöhnen is spelled S-T-Ö-H-N-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stöhnen is a German verb meaning “to moan, to groan, to grunt (to vocalize in a low, unarticulated manner, typically as an extension of exhaling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufgrund von Anstrengung, Erregung oder Schmerz unartikulierte Laute hervorstoßen”.
What does stöhnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to moan, to groan, to grunt (to vocalize in a low, unarticulated manner, typically as an extension of exhaling)
- 2
to moan, to groan (to say in a manner involving moaning or reminiscent thereof)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aufgrund von Anstrengung, Erregung oder Schmerz unartikulierte Laute hervorstoßen 2. sich über etwas beklagen
noun: 1. stöhnendes Geräusch
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 stöhnen
- stöhnt present singular third-person
- stöhnte past
- gestöhnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- stöhnend participle present
- stöhne first-person indicative present
- stöhnst indicative present second-person
- stöhnest second-person singular subjunctive
- stöhnet plural second-person subjunctive
- stöhnten first-person indicative plural
- stöhntest indicative preterite second-person
- stöhntet indicative plural preterite
- stöhn imperative second-person singular
- habe gestöhnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gestöhnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- stöhne! imperative singular
- stöhn! imperative singular
- stöhnt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stöhnen?
- /ˈʃtøːnən/
- [ˈʃtøːnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stöhnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stöhnen in German?
stöhnen appears 2.6 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).