heimzahlen
German, verb
heimzahlen is spelled H-E-I-M-Z-A-H-L-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimzahlen is a German verb meaning “to pay back, avenge oneself (often playfully or in minor matters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Heimzahlen is a different word: “gerund of heimzahlen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich an jemandem rächen, sich revanchieren”.
What does heimzahlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pay back, avenge oneself (often playfully or in minor matters)
Das zahl ich dir heim!
noun
- 1
neutergerund of heimzahlen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich an jemandem rächen, sich revanchieren
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 heimzahlen
- zahlt heim present singular third-person
- zahlte heim past
- heimgezahlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- heimzahlend participle present
- heimzuzahlen infinitive infinitive-zu
- zahle heim first-person indicative present
- zahlen heim first-person indicative plural
- zahlst heim indicative present second-person
- zahlest heim second-person singular subjunctive
- zahlet heim plural second-person subjunctive
- zahlten heim first-person indicative plural
- zahltest heim indicative preterite second-person
- zahltet heim indicative plural preterite
- zahl heim! imperative singular
- zahle heim! imperative singular
- zahlt heim! imperative plural
- heimgezahlt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to heimzahlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heimzahlen in German?
heimzahlen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).