leaken
German, verb/ˈliːkŋ̩/
leaken is a German verb meaning “to leak (to reveal secret information to the public)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vertrauliche (als geheim eingestufte, politisch brisante) Informationen (zumeist mithilfe einer…”.
What does leaken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to leak (to reveal secret information to the public)
- 2
to post a picture of (something)
- 3
to share, reveal, spill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vertrauliche (als geheim eingestufte, politisch brisante) Informationen (zumeist mithilfe einer Enthüllungsplattform im Internet) der Öffentlichkeit (widerrechtlich) zugänglich machen 2. vor der offiziellen Veröffentlichung (heimlich und zumeist widerrechtlich) über das Internet in die Öffentlichkeit gelangen
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 leaken
- leakt present singular third-person
- leakte past
- geleakt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- leakend participle present
- leake first-person indicative present
- leakst indicative present second-person
- leakest second-person singular subjunctive
- leaket plural second-person subjunctive
- leakten first-person indicative plural
- leaktest indicative preterite second-person
- leaktet indicative plural preterite
- leak imperative second-person singular
- habe geleakt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geleakt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- leake! imperative singular
- leakt! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leaken?
- /ˈliːkŋ̩/
- /ˈliːkən/
- [ˈliːkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is leaken in German?
leaken appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).