weben
German, verb
weben is a German verb meaning “to weave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weben is a different word: “gerund of weben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch wechselweises Kreuzen von Längsfäden und Querfäden ein Tuch oder Stoff herstellen”.
What does weben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weave
- 2
to intertwine (to twine together)
- 3
archaicto sway back and forth, to swing, to ramble
noun
- 1
neutergerund of weben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch wechselweises Kreuzen von Längsfäden und Querfäden ein Tuch oder Stoff herstellen
noun: 1. Herstellung von Tuch oder Stoff durch wechselweises Kreuzen von Längsfäden und Querfäden
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 weben
- webt present singular third-person
- webte past
- wob past
- gewebt participle past
- gewoben participle past
- wöbe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- webend participle present
- webe first-person indicative present
- webst indicative present second-person
- webest second-person singular subjunctive
- webet plural second-person subjunctive
- webten first-person indicative plural
- woben first-person indicative plural
- wöben first-person formal plural
- webtest indicative preterite second-person
- wobst indicative preterite second-person
- webtet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to weben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weben in German?
weben appears 1.0 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).