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träumen

German, verb

träumen is a German verb meaning “to dream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Traumen is a different word: “plural of Trauma”. With a capital, Träumen is a different word: “gerund of träumen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Schlaf einen Traum haben”.

What does träumen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to dream

noun

as Traumen
  1. 1

    neuterplural of Trauma

noun

as Träumen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of träumen

noun

as Träumen
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Traum

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. im Schlaf einen Traum haben 2. einen tiefen Wunsch (Traum) haben und intensiv daran denken; sich etwas wünschen 3. dösen, nicht bei der wesentlichen Sache sein 4. für schlafen

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 träumen

  • träumt present singular third-person
  • träumte past
  • geträumt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • träumend participle present
  • träume first-person indicative present
  • träumst indicative present second-person
  • träumest second-person singular subjunctive
  • träumet plural second-person subjunctive
  • träumten first-person indicative plural
  • träumtest indicative preterite second-person
  • träumtet indicative plural preterite
  • träum imperative second-person singular
  • habe geträumt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben geträumt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • träume! imperative singular
  • träum! imperative singular
  • träumt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to träumen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is träumen in German?

träumen appears 19 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).