eisen
German, verb
eisen is spelled E-I-S-E-N (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eisen is a German verb meaning “to freeze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Eisen is a different word: “iron (chemical element, Fe)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter den Gefrierpunkt bringen, einfrieren”.
What does eisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to freeze
adjective
- 1
obsoleteof iron
noun
- 1
neuteriron (chemical element, Fe)
- 2
neuterpick (miner's tool)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemisches Element, silberweißes, bei Feuchtigkeit leicht oxidierendes Metall 2. Gegenstand aus Eisen oder aus Eisenverbindungen 3. Bezeichnung bestimmter Golfschläger 4. Hufeisen
verb: 1. unter den Gefrierpunkt bringen, einfrieren 2. durch das Berühren mit Eis kühlen
adjective: 1. aus dem Metall Eisen bestehend
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 eisen
- Eisens genitive
- eist present singular third-person
- eiste past
- geeist participle past
- haben auxiliary
- eisend participle present
- eise first-person indicative present
- eisest second-person singular subjunctive
- eiset plural second-person subjunctive
- eisten first-person indicative plural
- eistest indicative preterite second-person
- eistet indicative plural preterite
- eis imperative second-person singular
- Fe abbreviation
- eis! imperative singular
- eise! imperative singular
- eist! imperative plural
- eisener positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eisen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eisen in German?
eisen appears 13 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).