wehen
German, verb
wehen is a German verb meaning “to blow (of wind, a storm, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wehen is a different word: “dative plural of Weh”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Luftströmung verursachen”.
What does wehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blow (of wind, a storm, etc.)
Der Wind weht heute Morgen kalt und böig.
- 2
to flutter, wave (in the wind); to fly (of a flag)
Die Nationalflagge wehte über der Einweihung des Präsidenten.
noun
- 1
dative plural of Weh
- 2
plural of Wehe
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Luftströmung verursachen 2. sich (durch Wind, eine Luftströmung) bewegen 3. (vom Wind, von einer Luftströmung) irgendwohin bewegt werden 4. (etwas durch Wind, durch eine Luftströmung) in Bewegung versetzen, irgendwohin bewegen
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 wehen
- weht present singular third-person
- wehte past
- geweht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wehend participle present
- wehe first-person indicative present
- wehst indicative present second-person
- wehest second-person singular subjunctive
- wehet plural second-person subjunctive
- wehten first-person indicative plural
- wehtest indicative preterite second-person
- wehtet indicative plural preterite
- weh imperative second-person singular
- habe geweht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geweht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- wehe! imperative singular
- weht! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wehen in German?
wehen appears 4.7 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).