wellen
German, verb
wellen is a German verb meaning “to wave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wellen is a different word: “plural of Welle”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Material durch Krafteinwirkung so verformen, dass ein wellenförmiges Muster des Auf und Ab entsteht”.
What does wellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wave
- 2
obsoleteto roll
noun
- 1
plural of Welle
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wellen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Material durch Krafteinwirkung so verformen, dass ein wellenförmiges Muster des Auf und Ab entsteht 2. in leichte Locken (Wellen) legen 3. die Form so verändern, dass ein wellenförmiges Muster des Auf und Ab entsteht 4. rollen, wälzen, eine Rolle um die eigene Achse drehen
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 wellen
- wellt present singular third-person
- wellte past
- gewellt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wellend participle present
- welle first-person indicative present
- wellst indicative present second-person
- wellest second-person singular subjunctive
- wellet plural second-person subjunctive
- wellten first-person indicative plural
- welltest indicative preterite second-person
- welltet indicative plural preterite
- well imperative second-person singular
- habe gewellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gewellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- well! imperative singular
- welle! imperative singular
- wellt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wellen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wellen in German?
wellen appears 12 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).