trocknen
German, verb
trocknen is spelled T-R-O-C-K-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trocknen is a German verb meaning “to dry (to become dry, cease being wet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trocknen is a different word: “gerund of trocknen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das nass ist, trocken machen; Feuchtigkeit entziehen”.
What does trocknen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dry (to become dry, cease being wet)
Ich habe etwas Wasser verschüttet, aber das trocknet schnell wieder.
- 2
to dry (to make dry or let become dry)
Ich habe die Socken auf der Heizung getrocknet.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trocknen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas, das nass ist, trocken machen; Feuchtigkeit entziehen 2. vom nassen in den trockenen Zustand übergehen; Feuchtigkeit verlieren
noun: 1. Entzug oder Verlust von Feuchtigkeit
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 trocknen
- trocknet present singular third-person
- trocknete past
- getrocknet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- trocknend participle present
- trockne first-person indicative present
- trocknest indicative present second-person
- trockneten first-person indicative plural
- trocknetest indicative preterite second-person
- trocknetet indicative plural preterite
- habe getrocknet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- trockne! imperative singular
- trocknet! imperative plural
- getrocknet haben auxiliary active infinitive
- getrocknet werden auxiliary processual-passive infinitive
- getrocknet worden sein auxiliary processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trocknen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trocknen in German?
trocknen appears 5.8 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).