taufen
German, verb
taufen is spelled T-A-U-F-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taufen is a German verb meaning “to baptize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Taufen is a different word: “gerund of taufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Akt der Taufe vollziehen, jemanden damit in die Gemeinde aufnehmen”.
What does taufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to baptize
Ich taufe dich im Namen des Vaters, des Sohnes und des Heiligen Geistes.
- 2
to name
noun
- 1
neutergerund of taufen
noun
- 1
plural of Taufe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Akt der Taufe vollziehen, jemanden damit in die Gemeinde aufnehmen 2. (feierlich) einen Namen geben
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 taufen
- tauft present singular third-person
- taufte past
- getauft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- taufend participle present
- taufe first-person indicative present
- taufst indicative present second-person
- taufest second-person singular subjunctive
- taufet plural second-person subjunctive
- tauften first-person indicative plural
- tauftest indicative preterite second-person
- tauftet indicative plural preterite
- tauf imperative second-person singular
- habe getauft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getauft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- tauf! imperative singular
- taufe! imperative singular
- tauft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to taufen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taufen in German?
taufen appears 2.3 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).