"groan" in German groan Ächzen to groan ächzen stöhnen Detailed translations for "groan" groan groan(also: groaning) das Ächzen{neuter} to groan 1. general to groan ächzen{intransitive verb} become more expensive and the whole system will start to creak and groan around the edges. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review teurer werden. Und das ganze System wird knarren und ächzen im Gebälk. 2. with sth. / under sth. to groan(also: to moan) stöhnen{intransitive verb} [Both groan and sigh] Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review [Beide stöhnen und seufzen] English synonyms for "groan" groan {n} moan groan {v} moan