löten
German, verb
löten is spelled L-Ö-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Löten is a German verb meaning “to solder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, loten is a different word: “to sound”. With a capital, Löten is a different word: “gerund of löten; soldering”. On this page, Loten is a different word: “dative plural of Lot”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Metallteile verbinden, indem man ein anderes Metall (Lot) verflüssigt und zwischen die Teile bringt”.
What does löten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to solder
- 2
datedslangto have sex
verb
- 1
to sound
- 2
to plumb (to accurately align vertically or confirm the accurate vertical alignment of something)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of löten; soldering
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Lot
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Metallteile verbinden, indem man ein anderes Metall (Lot) verflüssigt und zwischen die Teile bringt
verb: 1. die Wassertiefe (zum Beispiel mit Hilfe eines Senkgewichtes (Lot)) bestimmen 2. mit Hilfe eines Instruments (zum Beispiel Lot, Wasserwaage) bestimmen, ob etwas genau senkrecht verläuft
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 löten
- lotet present singular third-person
- lotete past
- gelotet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lotend participle present
- lote first-person indicative present
- lotest indicative present second-person
- loteten first-person indicative plural
- lotetest indicative preterite second-person
- lotetet indicative plural preterite
- lot imperative second-person singular
- habe gelotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gelotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- löte present
- lötest present
- lötet present
- lötete past
- löte! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to löten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is löten in German?
löten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).