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bleichen

German, verb

bleichen is spelled B-L-E-I-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bleichen is a German verb meaning “to bleach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bleichen is a different word: “gerund of bleichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch bestimmte Behandlung heller machen; den Gilb entfernen”.

What does bleichen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to bleach

  2. 2

    to fade, to lose colour

noun

as Bleichen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of bleichen

noun

as Bleichen
  1. 1

    feminineplural of Bleiche

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. durch bestimmte Behandlung heller machen; den Gilb entfernen

verb: 1. heller werden, an Farbintensität verlieren

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 bleichen

  • bleicht present singular third-person
  • bleichte past
  • blich past rare
  • gebleicht participle past
  • geblichen participle past rare
  • haben auxiliary
  • sein auxiliary
  • haben or sein auxiliary
  • bleichend participle present
  • bleiche first-person indicative present
  • bleichst indicative present second-person
  • bleichest second-person singular subjunctive
  • bleichet plural second-person subjunctive
  • bleichten first-person indicative plural
  • blichen first-person indicative plural
  • bliche first-person formal rare
  • bleichtest indicative preterite second-person
  • blichst indicative preterite rare

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bleichen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bleichen in German?

bleichen 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).

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