heilen
German, verb/ˈhaɪ̯lən/
heilen is a German verb meaning “to heal (an injury, sickness, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden gesund machen, eine Krankheit, ein Leiden beseitigen, heil machen”.
What does heilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to heal (an injury, sickness, etc.)
Die Zeit heilt alle Wunden.
- 2
to become healed
Die Verletzungen heilen schnell.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden gesund machen, eine Krankheit, ein Leiden beseitigen, heil machen 2. gesund werden, heil werden
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 heilen
- heilt present singular third-person
- heilte past
- geheilt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- heilend participle present
- heile first-person indicative present
- heilst indicative present second-person
- heilest second-person singular subjunctive
- heilet plural second-person subjunctive
- heilten first-person indicative plural
- heiltest indicative preterite second-person
- heiltet indicative plural preterite
- heil imperative second-person singular
- heile! imperative singular
- heilt! imperative plural
- geheilt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heilen?
- /ˈhaɪ̯lən/
- [ˈhaɪ̯ln̩]
- [ˈhaɪ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heilen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heilen in German?
heilen appears 8.7 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).