heimsuchen
German, verb
heimsuchen is spelled H-E-I-M-S-U-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimsuchen is a German verb meaning “to haunt, to afflict, to scourge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Heimsuchen is a different word: “gerund of heimsuchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden in übelwollender Absicht oder belästigend aufsuchen”.
What does heimsuchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to haunt, to afflict, to scourge
noun
- 1
neutergerund of heimsuchen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden in übelwollender Absicht oder belästigend aufsuchen 2. als Unglück eintreffen, jemandem zustoßen
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 heimsuchen
- sucht heim present singular third-person
- suchte heim past
- heimgesucht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- heimsuchend participle present
- heimzusuchen infinitive infinitive-zu
- suche heim first-person indicative present
- suchen heim first-person indicative plural
- suchst heim indicative present second-person
- suchest heim second-person singular subjunctive
- suchet heim plural second-person subjunctive
- suchten heim first-person indicative plural
- suchtest heim indicative preterite second-person
- suchtet heim indicative plural preterite
- such heim! imperative singular
- suche heim! imperative singular
- sucht heim! imperative plural
- heimgesucht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to heimsuchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heimsuchen in German?
heimsuchen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).