verbrühen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈbʁyːən/
verbrühen is spelled V-E-R-B-R-Ü-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbrühen is a German verb meaning “to scald” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich oder jemandem mit einer kochenden Flüssigkeit oder heißem Dampf Verletzungen/Schmerzen zufügen”.
What does verbrühen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scald
Der Dampf schoss aus dem Rohr und verbrühte ihm die Haut.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich oder jemandem mit einer kochenden Flüssigkeit oder heißem Dampf Verletzungen/Schmerzen zufügen
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 verbrühen
- verbrüht present singular third-person
- verbrühte past
- haben auxiliary
- verbrühend participle present
- verbrühe first-person indicative present
- verbrühst indicative present second-person
- verbrühest second-person singular subjunctive
- verbrühet plural second-person subjunctive
- verbrühten first-person indicative plural
- verbrühtest indicative preterite second-person
- verbrühtet indicative plural preterite
- verbrüh imperative second-person singular
- habe verbrüht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verbrüht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verbrüh! imperative singular
- verbrühe! imperative singular
- verbrüht! imperative plural
- verbrüht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verbrühen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈbʁyːən/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁyːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verbrühen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbrühen in German?
verbrühen appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).