leiten
German, verb
leiten is spelled L-E-I-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leiten is a German verb meaning “to lead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Leiten is a different word: “gerund of leiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Führung ausüben”.
What does leiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lead
- 2
to manage (an organization)
- 3
to conduct (a liquid, electricity etc)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of leiten
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Leite
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Führung ausüben 2. jemanden/etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung/an ein bestimmtes Ziel lenken 3. etwas (zum Beispiel Elektrizität oder Wasser) in eine bestimmte Richtung/an ein bestimmtes Ziel lenken
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 leiten
- leitet present singular third-person
- leitete past
- geleitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- leitend participle present
- leite first-person indicative present
- leitest indicative present second-person
- leiteten first-person indicative plural
- leitetest indicative preterite second-person
- leitetet indicative plural preterite
- leit imperative second-person singular
- habe geleitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geleitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- leite! imperative singular
- leitet! imperative plural
- geleitet haben active infinitive perfect
- geleitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geleitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leiten in German?
leiten appears 15 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).