tauen
German, verb
tauen is spelled T-A-U-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tauen is a German verb meaning “to thaw; to melt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Tauen is a different word: “gerund of tauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “flüssig werden von Eis oder Schnee durch Wärme”.
What does tauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thaw; to melt
Im Frühsommer taut es in den Bergen.
- 2
to dew; there to appear (dew)
Morgens taut es auf der Wiese.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of tauen
noun
- 1
dative plural of Tau
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. flüssig werden von Eis oder Schnee durch Wärme 2. so warm sein oder werden, dass Eis und Schnee draußen flüssig werden
verb: 1. mit einem Tau vorwärtsziehen; schleppen
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 tauen
- taut present singular third-person
- taute past
- getaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- tauend participle present
- taue first-person indicative present
- taust indicative present second-person
- tauest second-person singular subjunctive
- tauet plural second-person subjunctive
- tauten first-person indicative plural
- tautest indicative preterite second-person
- tautet indicative plural preterite
- tau imperative second-person singular
- habe getaut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getaut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sein auxiliary perfect
- getaut haben active infinitive perfect
- getaut werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tauen in German?
tauen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).