heulen
German, verb
heulen is a German verb meaning “to howl, to whine (make a loud, usually high-pitched sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Heulen is a different word: “gerund of heulen; crying; yelling”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tränen vergießen”.
What does heulen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to howl, to whine (make a loud, usually high-pitched sound)
- 2
derogatoryinformalto weep, to cry (see usage notes)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of heulen; crying; yelling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hervorbringen langgezogener, singender, weithin hörbarer Töne 2. Weinen, Geweine 3. von starkem Wind verursachtes Geräusch
verb: 1. Tränen vergießen 2. ein bestimmtes Geräusch (ein Heulen) erzeugen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of heulen
- heult present singular third-person
- heulte past
- geheult participle past
- haben auxiliary
- heulend participle present
- heule first-person indicative present
- heulst indicative present second-person
- heulest second-person singular subjunctive
- heulet plural second-person subjunctive
- heulten first-person indicative plural
- heultest indicative preterite second-person
- heultet indicative plural preterite
- heul imperative second-person singular
- habe geheult first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geheult first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Heulens genitive singular
- heule! imperative singular
- heul! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to heulen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heulen in German?
heulen appears 7.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).