breiten
German, verb
breiten is spelled B-R-E-I-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Breiten is a German verb meaning “to spread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of breit. With a capital, Breiten is a different word: “plural of Breite”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Zusammengelegtes, das wenig Platz einnimmt, auseinandernehmen und mehr Platz einnehmen lassen”.
What does breiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spread
eine Decke über das Bett breiten
- 2
to extend, to stretch
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
plural of Breite
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas Zusammengelegtes, das wenig Platz einnimmt, auseinandernehmen und mehr Platz einnehmen lassen 2. zum Gruß/Willkommen die Arme öffnen; die Flügel spreizen 3. mehr Platz einnehmen, sich ausbreiten
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 breiten
- breitet present singular third-person
- breitete past
- gebreitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- breitend participle present
- breite first-person indicative present
- breitest indicative present second-person
- breiteten first-person indicative plural
- breitetest indicative preterite second-person
- breitetet indicative plural preterite
- breit imperative second-person singular
- habe gebreitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebreitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- breite! imperative singular
- breit! imperative singular
- breitet! imperative plural
- gebreitet haben active infinitive perfect
- gebreitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is breiten in German?
breiten appears 23 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).