totreden
German, verb
totreden is a German verb meaning “to discuss (a subject) to death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Totreden is a different word: “gerund of totreden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so lange über eine Sache/Idee sprechen (reden), bis das Interesse daran erlahmt, verschwindet”.
What does totreden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discuss (a subject) to death
- 2
to talk someone to death
noun
- 1
neutergerund of totreden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so lange über eine Sache/Idee sprechen (reden), bis das Interesse daran erlahmt, verschwindet 2. so lange auf eine Person einreden, bis diese (entnervt) aufgibt
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 totreden
- redet tot present singular third-person
- redete tot past
- totgeredet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- totredend participle present
- totzureden infinitive infinitive-zu
- rede tot first-person indicative present
- reden tot first-person indicative plural
- redest tot indicative present second-person
- redeten tot first-person indicative plural
- redetest tot indicative preterite second-person
- redetet tot indicative plural preterite
- red tot! imperative singular
- rede tot! imperative singular
- redet tot! imperative plural
- totgeredet haben active infinitive perfect
- totgeredet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- totgeredet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is totreden in German?
totreden appears about once in every 89 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).