toben
German, verb
toben is spelled T-O-B-E-N (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toben is a German verb meaning “to rage, riot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Toben is a different word: “gerund of toben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich wild, rasend, hemmungslos gebärden/ ausdrücken”.
What does toben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rage, riot
- 2
to clamor
Das Publikum tobte bei der Aufführung.
- 3
to romp, frolic
Die Kinder toben im Park.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of toben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich wild, rasend, hemmungslos gebärden/ ausdrücken 2. unkontrolliert und unkontrollierbar, chaotisch, laut ablaufen 3. sich wild und kraftvoll bewegen 4. ungestüm umherlaufen, herumspringen, turnen
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 toben
- tobt present singular third-person
- tobte past
- getobt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- tobend participle present
- tobe first-person indicative present
- tobst indicative present second-person
- tobest second-person singular subjunctive
- tobet plural second-person subjunctive
- tobten first-person indicative plural
- tobtest indicative preterite second-person
- tobtet indicative plural preterite
- tob imperative second-person singular
- habe getobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- tob! imperative singular
- tobe! imperative singular
- tobt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to toben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is toben in German?
toben 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).