Eiden
German, noun[ˈaɪ̯dn̩]
Eiden is spelled E-I-D-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eiden is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Eid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Eiden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Eid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Versprechen geben, einen Eid schwören
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 Eiden
- eide present
- eidest present
- eidet present
- eidete past
- eide! imperative singular
- eid! imperative singular
- eidet! imperative plural
- geeidet participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- geeidet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu eiden active extended infinitive
- geeidet zu haben active extended infinitive
- eidend participle present active
- habe geeidet! imperative uncommon second-person
- habt geeidet! imperative uncommon second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eiden?
- [ˈaɪ̯dn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Eiden in German?
Eiden appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).