lenken
German, verb/ˈlɛŋkən/
lenken is spelled L-E-N-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lenken is a German verb meaning “to steer, drive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an einen bestimmten Ort, an ein Ziel führen”.
What does lenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to steer, drive
- 2
to navigate, guide
- 3
to regulate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an einen bestimmten Ort, an ein Ziel führen 2. etwas oder jemanden (ein Fahrzeug, ein Tier, eine Person) in eine Richtung im Raum steuern 3. eine Situation, den Fokus, die Aufmerksamkeit oder eine Person steuern
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 lenken
- lenkt present singular third-person
- lenkte past
- gelenkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lenkend participle present
- lenke first-person indicative present
- lenkst indicative present second-person
- lenkest second-person singular subjunctive
- lenket plural second-person subjunctive
- lenkten first-person indicative plural
- lenktest indicative preterite second-person
- lenktet indicative plural preterite
- lenk imperative second-person singular
- habe gelenkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gelenkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- lenk! imperative singular
- lenkt! imperative plural
- gelenkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lenken?
- /ˈlɛŋkən/
- [ˈlɛŋ.kŋ̍]
- [-k(ə)n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lenken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lenken in German?
lenken appears 8.5 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).