Geträumt

Geträumt is the past participle of the German verb träumen, which means to dream. In standard German it is used with the auxiliary haben to form perfect tenses, as in Ich habe geträumt or Wir haben letzte Nacht geträumt. The term can refer to dreams experienced during sleep as well as to figurative dreams or aspirations.

Träumen is a regular weak verb. Its past participle is formed with the ge- prefix and the -t ending, yielding geträumt. The present tense forms are ich träume, du träumst, er träumt; wir träumen, ihr träumt, sie träumen. The perfect and pluperfect are constructed with haben, for example ich habe geträumt, ich hatte geträumt.

Usage notes include the common construction with von to indicate the object of the dream: Ich habe von einer Reise geträumt. The preposition von takes the dative case in this context (von + Dativ). The verb can also appear in a broader sense to describe someone’s aspirations or hopes, though this is usually framed in a metaphorical way.

Etymologically, träumen and the noun Traum are related to cognates in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch dromen and English dream. The words share a common ancient root for the concept of dreaming, reflecting a long-standing cross-language connection in the sense of nocturnal or aspirational imagery.