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genesen

German, verb/ɡəˈneːzən/

genesen is spelled G-E-N-E-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genesen is a German verb meaning “to recover; to recuperate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wieder gesund werden”.

What does genesen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to recover; to recuperate

    nach langer Krankheit genesen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. wieder gesund werden

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 genesen

  • genest present singular third-person
  • genas past
  • genäse past subjunctive
  • sein auxiliary
  • 5 strong
  • genesend participle present
  • genese first-person indicative present
  • genesest second-person singular subjunctive
  • geneset plural second-person subjunctive
  • genasen first-person indicative plural
  • genäsen first-person formal plural
  • genasest indicative preterite second-person
  • genast indicative preterite second-person
  • genäsest formal rare second-person
  • genäst formal rare second-person
  • genäset formal plural rare
  • genes imperative second-person singular
  • genese! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce genesen?

  • /ɡəˈneːzən/
  • Germany [-neːzn̩]
  • /ɡ̥eˈneːsɛn/

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to genesen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is genesen in German?

genesen appears 1.6 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).

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