gestehen
German, verb/ɡəˈʃteːən/
gestehen is spelled G-E-S-T-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gestehen is a German verb meaning “to confess, to admit (to a mistake, misdeed, something embarrassing); to make known” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas offen zugeben; ein Geständnis ablegen”.
What does gestehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confess, to admit (to a mistake, misdeed, something embarrassing); to make known
Ich gestehe dir meine Liebe.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas offen zugeben; ein Geständnis ablegen
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 gestehen
- gesteht present singular third-person
- gestand past
- gestanden participle past
- gestände past subjunctive
- gestünde past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- gestehend participle present
- gestehe first-person indicative present
- gestehst indicative present second-person
- gestehest second-person singular subjunctive
- gestehet plural second-person subjunctive
- geständen first-person formal plural
- gestünden first-person formal plural
- gestandest indicative preterite second-person
- gestandst indicative preterite second-person
- gestandet indicative plural preterite
- geständest formal rare second-person
- gestündest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gestehen?
- /ɡəˈʃteːən/
- [ɡəˈʃteːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gestehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gestehen in German?
gestehen appears 5.9 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).