tröten
German, verb
tröten is spelled T-R-Ö-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tröten is a German verb meaning “to play a wind instrument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Tröten is a different word: “plural of Tröte”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “laut und oft störend ein Blasinstrument spielen”.
What does tröten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to play a wind instrument
noun
- 1
plural of Tröte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. laut und oft störend ein Blasinstrument spielen
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 tröten
- trötet present singular third-person
- trötete past
- getrötet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- trötend participle present
- tröte first-person indicative present
- trötest indicative present second-person
- tröteten first-person indicative plural
- trötetest indicative preterite second-person
- trötetet indicative plural preterite
- tröt imperative second-person singular
- habe getrötet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getrötet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- tröte! imperative singular
- trötet! imperative plural
- getrötet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu tröten active extended infinitive
- getrötet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tröten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tröten in German?
tröten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).