dahinsiechen
German, verb[daˈhɪnˌziːçn̩]
dahinsiechen is spelled D-A-H-I-N-S-I-E-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dahinsiechen is a German verb meaning “to waste away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anhaltend und immer schwerer krank sein”.
What does dahinsiechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to waste away
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. anhaltend und immer schwerer krank sein
noun: 1. langsames Sterben, sich schleichend immer mehr verschlechternder Gesundheitszustand
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 dahinsiechen
- siecht dahin present singular third-person
- siechte dahin past
- dahingesiecht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dahinsiechend participle present
- dahinzusiechen infinitive infinitive-zu
- sieche dahin first-person indicative present
- siechen dahin first-person indicative plural
- siechst dahin indicative present second-person
- siechest dahin second-person singular subjunctive
- siechet dahin plural second-person subjunctive
- siechten dahin first-person indicative plural
- siechtest dahin indicative preterite second-person
- siechtet dahin indicative plural preterite
- sieche dahin! imperative singular
- siecht dahin! imperative plural
- dahingesiecht haben active infinitive perfect
- dahingesiecht sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dahinsiechen?
- [daˈhɪnˌziːçn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dahinsiechen in German?
dahinsiechen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).