Clean

"Clean" in German

clean

(not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances)

rein

(not dirty)

rein

(pure, especially morally or religiously)

sauber

(not dirty)

sauber

(smooth, exact, and performed well)

sauber

(slang: cool or neat)

abbuddse

((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object)

abwischen

((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object)

aufräumen

((transitive) to tidy up)

putzen

((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object)

putzen

((transitive) to tidy up)

putzen

((intransitive) to make things clean)

reinigen

((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object)

reinigen

((intransitive) to make things clean)

säubern

((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object)

säubern

((intransitive) to make things clean)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.