reden
to talk; to speak
English translations
- 01
to talk
- 02
speak
- 03
say
Word details
- German meaning
- Sprechen, sich mündlich äußern oder ein Gespräch führen.
- English meaning
- To talk
- Synonym
- sprechen, sich unterhalten
- German example
- Wir reden über das Wetter.
- English example
- We are talking about the weather.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich rede du redest er/sie/es ich redet wir reden ihr redet sie reden
- Past Participle
- ich habe geredet du hast geredet er/sie/es hat geredet wir haben geredet ihr habt geredet sie haben geredet
- Past
- ich redete du redetest er/sie/es redete wir redeten ihr redetet sie redeten
Related words
- Redensart
Idiom
- bereden
To persuade
- unterreden
to converse, to discuss
- Zungenreden
Speaking in tongues
- verreden
dissuade
- beredend
Eloquent, persuasive
- verabreden
to arrange a meeting
- kredenzen
To serve (food or drink formally)
- afterreden
To parrot
- widerreden
to contradict
- leicht reden haben
To talk easily
- anreden
To address
- um den heißen Brei herumreden
To beat around the bush
- einreden
To persuade
- zerreden
to overanalyze, to talk to death
- totreden
Talk to death
- ausreden
to interrupt
- Blech reden
To talk nonsense
- bauchreden
To ventriloquize
- daherreden
Beat around the bush
- mitreden
To have a say
- vorbeireden
To talk around
- klugreden
To talk smart
- herausreden
to talk one's way out of something
- schönreden
Sugarcoat
- Irredentismus
Irredentism
- schlechtreden
To badmouth
- überreden
to persuade
- kleinreden
to downplay, to belittle
- weiterreden
to continue talking
- überzeugen
To convince
- schwadronieren
To boast
- Sprichwort
proverb, saying
- siezen
To address someone formally
- quarzen
to smoke
- Floskel
Cliché
- seinen Senf dazugeben
To put one's two cents in
- madigmachen
To belittle, to disparage
- vergattern
To muster
- plappern
to chatter, to babble
- anbellen
To bark at someone
- Quasselstrippe
Chatterbox
- Tacheles
to speak plainly
- drauflosarbeiten
To get started, to dive in
- künsteln
To be affected, to be artificial
- jiddeln
To chatter, to gabble
- abringen
To wrest, to extract
- kajolen
To cajole
- faseln
To ramble, to babble
Example sentences with “reden”
Wir müssen miteinander reden. (We need to talk to each other.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'reden' different from 'sprechen'?
'Reden' emphasizes the act of talking or having a conversation, while 'sprechen' can also refer to the ability to speak a language.