trösten
German, verb
trösten is spelled T-R-Ö-S-T-E-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). Trösten is a German verb meaning “to console, to comfort, to support someone (emotionally)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trösten is a different word: “gerund of trösten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem durch Anteilnahme, Worte oder Anwesenheit Trost spenden”.
What does trösten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to console, to comfort, to support someone (emotionally)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trösten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem durch Anteilnahme, Worte oder Anwesenheit Trost spenden
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 trösten
- tröstet present singular third-person
- tröstete past
- getröstet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- tröstend participle present
- tröste first-person indicative present
- tröstest indicative present second-person
- trösteten first-person indicative plural
- tröstetest indicative preterite second-person
- tröstetet indicative plural preterite
- tröst imperative second-person singular
- habe getröstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getröstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- tröste! imperative singular
- tröstet! imperative plural
- getröstet haben active infinitive perfect
- getröstet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- getröstet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trösten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trösten in German?
trösten 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).