heimkehren
German, verb[ˈhaɪ̯mˌkeːʁən]
heimkehren is spelled H-E-I-M-K-E-H-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimkehren is a German verb meaning “to return home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Hause (in die Heimat, an den Heimatort oder in das Heim) gehen/kommen”.
What does heimkehren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to return home
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach Hause (in die Heimat, an den Heimatort oder in das Heim) gehen/kommen
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 heimkehren
- kehrt heim present singular third-person
- kehrte heim past
- heimgekehrt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- heimkehrend participle present
- heimzukehren infinitive infinitive-zu
- kehre heim first-person indicative present
- kehren heim first-person indicative plural
- kehrst heim indicative present second-person
- kehrest heim second-person singular subjunctive
- kehret heim plural second-person subjunctive
- kehrten heim first-person indicative plural
- kehrtest heim indicative preterite second-person
- kehrtet heim indicative plural preterite
- kehr heim! imperative singular
- kehre heim! imperative singular
- kehrt heim! imperative plural
- heimgekehrt sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heimkehren?
- [ˈhaɪ̯mˌkeːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is heimkehren in German?
heimkehren 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).