heben
German, verb
heben is spelled H-E-B-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). Heben is a German verb meaning “to lift; to raise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Heben is a different word: “gerund of heben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf größere Höhe bringen”.
What does heben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lift; to raise
- 2
to heave; to hoist
- 3
to rise; to lift
noun
- 1
neutergerund of heben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf größere Höhe bringen 2. steigern 3. etwas halten, etwas festhalten 4. halten, ausdauern, in einem bestimmten Zustand bleiben
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 heben
- hebt present singular third-person
- hob past
- hub archaic past
- gehoben participle past
- höbe past subjunctive
- hübe archaic past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- hebend participle present
- hebe first-person indicative present
- hebst indicative present second-person
- hebest second-person singular subjunctive
- hebet plural second-person subjunctive
- hoben first-person indicative plural
- huben archaic first-person indicative
- höben first-person formal plural
- hüben archaic first-person formal
- hobst indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to heben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heben in German?
heben 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).