zäumen
German, verb
zäumen is spelled Z-Ä-U-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zäumen is a German verb meaning “to bridle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zäumen is a different word: “gerund of zäumen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Reittier oder Zugtier den Zaum anlegen”.
What does zäumen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bridle
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zäumen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Zaum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einem Reittier oder Zugtier den Zaum anlegen 2. etwas oder jemanden zügeln, lenken, bändigen, zähmen
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 zäumen
- zäumt present singular third-person
- zäumte past
- gezäumt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zäumend participle present
- zäume first-person indicative present
- zäumst indicative present second-person
- zäumest second-person singular subjunctive
- zäumet plural second-person subjunctive
- zäumten first-person indicative plural
- zäumtest indicative preterite second-person
- zäumtet indicative plural preterite
- zäum imperative second-person singular
- habe gezäumt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezäumt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zäume! imperative singular
- zäumt! imperative plural
- gezäumt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zäumen in German?
zäumen appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).