preisen
German, verb
preisen is spelled P-R-E-I-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preisen is a German verb meaning “to hail, laud, praise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Preisen is a different word: “gerund of preisen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas überschwänglich loben, dessen Größe bewundern/anerkennen”.
What does preisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hail, laud, praise
Die ganze Stadt pries den edlen Ritter, der die Gefahr von den Einwohnern abgewandt hatte.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of preisen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Preis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas überschwänglich loben, dessen Größe bewundern/anerkennen
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 preisen
- preist present singular third-person
- pries past
- gepriesen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- preisend participle present
- preise first-person indicative present
- preisest second-person singular subjunctive
- preiset plural second-person subjunctive
- priesen first-person indicative plural
- priese first-person formal rare
- priesest indicative preterite second-person
- priest indicative preterite second-person
- prieset formal plural rare
- preis imperative second-person singular
- preise! imperative singular
- preist! imperative plural
- gepriesen haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to preisen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preisen in German?
preisen appears 15 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).