mieten
German, verb
mieten is spelled M-I-E-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mieten is a German verb meaning “to hire, to rent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mieten is a different word: “gerund of mieten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegen Bezahlung für eine bestimmte Zeit zur Benutzung überlassen bekommen”.
What does mieten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hire, to rent
noun
- 1
neutergerund of mieten
noun
- 1
plural of Miete
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gegen Bezahlung für eine bestimmte Zeit zur Benutzung überlassen bekommen
verb: 1. Nahrungsmittel wie Rüben oder Silage in besonderen, in einer Grube angelegten, Haufen (in Mieten) aufbewahren
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 mieten
- mietet present singular third-person
- mietete past
- gemietet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mietend participle present
- miete first-person indicative present
- mietest indicative present second-person
- mieteten first-person indicative plural
- mietetest indicative preterite second-person
- mietetet indicative plural preterite
- miet imperative second-person singular
- habe gemietet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemietet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- miete! imperative singular
- mietet! imperative plural
- gemietet haben active infinitive perfect
- gemietet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gemietet 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 mieten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mieten in German?
mieten appears 18 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).