heimschicken
German, verb/ˈhaɪ̯mˌʃɪkŋ̩/
heimschicken is spelled H-E-I-M-S-C-H-I-C-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimschicken is a German verb meaning “to send home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(wieder) nach Hause (zurück) schicken; (wieder) an den Heimatort, in die Heimat (zurück) schicken”.
What does heimschicken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to send home
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (wieder) nach Hause (zurück) schicken; (wieder) an den Heimatort, in die Heimat (zurück) schicken
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 heimschicken
- schickt heim present singular third-person
- schickte heim past
- heimgeschickt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- heimschickend participle present
- heimzuschicken infinitive infinitive-zu
- schicke heim first-person indicative present
- schicken heim first-person indicative plural
- schickst heim indicative present second-person
- schickest heim second-person singular subjunctive
- schicket heim plural second-person subjunctive
- schickten heim first-person indicative plural
- schicktest heim indicative preterite second-person
- schicktet heim indicative plural preterite
- schick heim! imperative singular
- schicke heim! imperative singular
- schickt heim! imperative plural
- heimgeschickt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heimschicken?
- /ˈhaɪ̯mˌʃɪkŋ̩/
- [ˈhaɪ̯mˌʃɪkn̩]
- [ˈhaɪ̯mˌʃɪkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is heimschicken in German?
heimschicken appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).