predigen
German, verb/ˈpʁeːdɪɡŋ̩/
predigen is spelled P-R-E-D-I-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written German, the 17,543rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Predigen is a German verb meaning “to preach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Predigt halten”.
What does predigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to preach
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Predigt halten 2. jemandem etwas empfehlen, jemanden zu etwas ermahnen, jemandem etwas sehr nahelegen
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 predigen
- predigt present singular third-person
- predigte past
- gepredigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- predigend participle present
- predige first-person indicative present
- predigst indicative present second-person
- predigest second-person singular subjunctive
- prediget plural second-person subjunctive
- predigten first-person indicative plural
- predigtest indicative preterite second-person
- predigtet indicative plural preterite
- predig imperative second-person singular
- habe gepredigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gepredigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- predig! imperative singular
- predige! imperative singular
- predigt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce predigen?
- /ˈpʁeːdɪɡŋ̩/
- /ˈpʁeːdɪɡən/
- [ˈpʁeːdɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to predigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is predigen in German?
predigen appears 3.1 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).