leid
German, adjective
leid is spelled L-E-I-D (4 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written German, the 1,266th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leid is a German adjective meaning “distressing, uncomfortable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Leid is a different word: “woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “hässlich, unangenehm”.
What does leid mean in English?
adjective
- 1
distressing, uncomfortable
noun
- 1
neuterwoe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction
- 2
neuterwrong, harm, injury
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. starker Kummer, starker psychischer oder seelischer Schmerz 2. zugefügtes Böses, Unrecht, Schaden, physischer Schmerz
adjective: 1. hässlich, unangenehm 2. überdrüssig
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 leid
- leider masculine nominative singular
- am leidesten superlative
- leide feminine nominative singular
- leides neuter nominative singular
- leiden genitive masculine singular
- leidem dative masculine singular
- der leide definite includes-article masculine
- die leide definite feminine includes-article
- das leide definite includes-article neuter
- die leiden definite includes-article nominative
- des leiden definite genitive includes-article
- der leiden definite feminine genitive
- dem leiden dative definite includes-article
- Leids genitive singular
- Leides genitive singular
- Leide dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leid in German?
leid appears 68 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).