trauern
German, verb
trauern is spelled T-R-A-U-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trauern is a German verb meaning “to mourn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trauern is a different word: “gerund of trauern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich wegen eines Verlustes in gedrückter Stimmung, Verfassung befinden”.
What does trauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mourn
Wer einen geliebten Menschen verloren hat, trauert um ihn.
- 2
to be sad
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trauern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich wegen eines Verlustes in gedrückter Stimmung, Verfassung befinden 2. Trauerkleidung tragen
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 trauern
- trauert present singular third-person
- trauerte past
- getrauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- trauernd participle present
- traure first-person indicative present
- trauere first-person indicative present
- trauer first-person indicative present
- trauerst indicative present second-person
- trauerest second-person singular subjunctive
- traurest second-person singular subjunctive
- traueret plural second-person subjunctive
- trauret plural second-person subjunctive
- trauerten first-person indicative plural
- trauertest indicative preterite second-person
- trauertet indicative plural preterite
- trauere! imperative singular
- trauer! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trauern in German?
trauern appears 3.5 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).