baden
German, verb
baden is spelled B-A-D-E-N (5 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written German, the 1,205th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baden is a German verb meaning “to bathe, to give a bath to or have a bath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Baden is a different word: “gerund of baden: "bathing"”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden/etwas in eine Flüssigkeit tauchen, um ihn/es zu reinigen, zu erfrischen und/oder zu heilen”.
What does baden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bathe, to give a bath to or have a bath.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of baden: "bathing"
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Vorgang oder das Konzept einen Gegenstand oder eine Person in eine Flüssigkeit, Strahlung oder ein feinkörniges Material einzutauchen, ein Bad zu nehmen, zu baden
verb: 1. jemanden/etwas in eine Flüssigkeit tauchen, um ihn/es zu reinigen, zu erfrischen und/oder zu heilen 2. in etwas überflutet, in etwas überströmt 3. ein Bad in einer Badewanne nehmen 4. sich in einem Gewässer (See, Fluss, Meer) oder in einem Schwimmbad aufhalten und meist schwimmen
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 baden
- badet present singular third-person
- badete past
- gebadet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- badend participle present
- bade first-person indicative present
- badest indicative present second-person
- badeten first-person indicative plural
- badetest indicative preterite second-person
- badetet indicative plural preterite
- bad imperative second-person singular
- habe gebadet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebadet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Badens genitive singular
- bade! imperative singular
- badet! imperative plural
- gebadet haben active infinitive perfect
- gebadet werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to baden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baden in German?
baden appears 71 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).