wogen
German, verb
wogen is a German verb meaning “to undulate, to move in a wavelike manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person plural preterite of wiegen. With an umlaut, wögen is a different word: “first/third-person plural subjunctive II of wiegen”. With a capital, Wogen is a different word: “gerund of wogen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “große Wellen machen”.
What does wogen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to undulate, to move in a wavelike manner
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural preterite of wiegen
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural subjunctive II of wiegen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wogen
noun
- 1
plural of Woge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. große Wellen machen 2. sich wellenförmig hin und her oder auf und nieder 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 wogen
- wogt present singular third-person
- wogte past
- gewogt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wogend participle present
- woge first-person indicative present
- wogst indicative present second-person
- wogest second-person singular subjunctive
- woget plural second-person subjunctive
- wogten first-person indicative plural
- wogtest indicative preterite second-person
- wogtet indicative plural preterite
- wog imperative second-person singular
- habe gewogt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gewogt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- wog! imperative singular
- woge! imperative singular
- wogt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wogen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wogen in German?
wogen appears 1.9 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).