Sour

"Sour" in German

angesäuert

(made rancid by fermentation, etc.)

bitter

(peevish or bad-tempered)

garstig

(tasting or smelling rancid)

gesäuert

(made rancid by fermentation, etc.)

herb

(having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste)

ranzig

(tasting or smelling rancid)

sauer

(having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste)

sauer

(made rancid by fermentation, etc.)

sauer

(tasting or smelling rancid)

sauer

((of soil) excessively acidic and thus infertile)

sauer vergoren

(made rancid by fermentation, etc.)

sauertöpfisch

(peevish or bad-tempered)

säuerlich

(having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste)

unwirsch

(peevish or bad-tempered)

verbittert

(peevish or bad-tempered)

verdrießlich

(peevish or bad-tempered)

versauert

((of soil) excessively acidic and thus infertile)

übellaunig

(peevish or bad-tempered)

übelriechend

(tasting or smelling rancid)

Säure

(the sensation of a sour taste)

Whiskey Sauer

(a drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar)

ansäuern

(to make sour)

beeinträchtigen

(to make disenchanted)

durchsäuern

(to make sour)

einen Stich bekommen

(to become sour)

mißlingen

(to become disenchanted)

sauer vergären

(to become sour)

sauer werden

(to become sour)

schiefgehen

(to become disenchanted)

sich verschlechtern

(to become disenchanted)

säuern

(to make sour)

säuern

(to become sour)

umkippen

(to become sour)

umschlagen

(to become sour)

verderben

(to make disenchanted)

versäuern

(to make sour)

versäuern

(to become sour)

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