einwenden
German, verb[ˈaɪ̯nˌvɛndn̩]
einwenden is spelled E-I-N-W-E-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einwenden is a German verb meaning “to raise (an objection to), to make (an argument against)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Einwand, Widerspruch gegen etwas vorbringen”.
What does einwenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to raise (an objection to), to make (an argument against)
Er hatte nichts gegen den Vorschlag einzuwenden.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Einwand, Widerspruch gegen etwas vorbringen
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 einwenden
- wendet ein present singular third-person
- wandte ein past
- wendete ein past
- eingewandt participle past
- eingewendet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- einwendend participle present
- einzuwenden infinitive infinitive-zu
- wende ein first-person indicative present
- wenden ein first-person indicative plural
- wendest ein indicative present second-person
- wandten ein first-person indicative plural
- wendeten ein first-person indicative plural
- wandtest ein indicative preterite second-person
- wendetest ein indicative preterite second-person
- wend ein! imperative singular
- wende ein! imperative singular
- wendet ein! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce einwenden?
- [ˈaɪ̯nˌvɛndn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to einwenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einwenden in German?
einwenden appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).