meiden
German, verb/ˈmaɪ̯dən/
meiden is spelled M-E-I-D-E-N (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meiden is a German verb meaning “to avoid, to keep away from” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas dafür tun, einer Person oder Sache nicht zu begegnen”.
What does meiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to avoid, to keep away from
- 2
to shun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas dafür tun, einer Person oder Sache nicht zu begegnen
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 meiden
- meidet present singular third-person
- mied past
- gemieden participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- meidend participle present
- meide first-person indicative present
- meidest indicative present second-person
- mieden first-person indicative plural
- miede first-person formal rare
- miedest indicative preterite second-person
- miedst indicative preterite second-person
- miedet indicative plural preterite
- meid imperative second-person singular
- meide! imperative singular
- meid! imperative singular
- meidet! imperative plural
- gemieden haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meiden?
- /ˈmaɪ̯dən/
- [ˈmaɪ̯.dn̩]
- [-dən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meiden in German?
meiden appears 5.5 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).