eilen
German, verb[ˈaɪ̯lən]
eilen is spelled E-I-L-E-N (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eilen is a German verb meaning “to hurry, to rush (on foot, in a determined and purposeful manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnell gehen, um ein Ziel möglichst schnell zu erreichen”.
What does eilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurry, to rush (on foot, in a determined and purposeful manner)
Ich eilte zum Bahnhof.
- 2
datedto hurry, to hasten, to rush
- 3
to be urgent
Es eilt!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schnell gehen, um ein Ziel möglichst schnell zu erreichen 2. etwas ist dringlich, schnell von Nöten 3. etwas schnell machen oder zügig erledigen
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 eilen
- eilt present singular third-person
- eilte past
- geeilt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- eilend participle present
- eile first-person indicative present
- eilst indicative present second-person
- eilest second-person singular subjunctive
- eilet plural second-person subjunctive
- eilten first-person indicative plural
- eiltest indicative preterite second-person
- eiltet indicative plural preterite
- eil imperative second-person singular
- eile! imperative singular
- eilt! imperative plural
- geeilt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eilen?
- [ˈaɪ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eilen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eilen in German?
eilen appears 1.9 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).