leimen
German, verb
leimen is spelled L-E-I-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leimen is a German verb meaning “to glue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Leimen is a different word: “dative plural of Leim”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Leim bestreichen und zusammenfügen, so dass eine feste Verbindung entsteht”.
What does leimen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glue
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Leim
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Leim bestreichen und zusammenfügen, so dass eine feste Verbindung entsteht 2. absichtlich in die Irre führen
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 leimen
- leimt present singular third-person
- leimte past
- geleimt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- leimend participle present
- leime first-person indicative present
- leimst indicative present second-person
- leimest second-person singular subjunctive
- leimet plural second-person subjunctive
- leimten first-person indicative plural
- leimtest indicative preterite second-person
- leimtet indicative plural preterite
- leim imperative second-person singular
- habe geleimt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geleimt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- leim! imperative singular
- leime! imperative singular
- leimt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leimen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leimen in German?
leimen 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).