reifen
German, verb
reifen is spelled R-E-I-F-E-N (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reifen is a German verb meaning “to ripen, to mature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Reifen is a different word: “tyre; tire”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “reif werden”.
What does reifen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ripen, to mature
verb
- 1
to frost
noun
- 1
masculinetyre; tire
- 2
masculinehoop
noun
- 1
dative plural of Reif
noun
- 1
neutergerund of reifen: ripening, maturation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der auf der Felge liegende Teil eines Rades 2. kreisförmiges Metallband zum Zusammenhalten von Fässern 3. ring- oder halbringförmiges Schmuckstück 4. Kinderspielzeug, Hula-Hoop-Reifen
verb: 1. reif werden
verb: 1. mit Reif überziehen
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 reifen
- Reifens genitive
- reift present singular third-person
- reifte past
- gereift participle past
- sein auxiliary
- reifend participle present
- reife first-person indicative present
- reifst indicative present second-person
- reifest second-person singular subjunctive
- reifet plural second-person subjunctive
- reiften first-person indicative plural
- reiftest indicative preterite second-person
- reiftet indicative plural preterite
- reif imperative second-person singular
- reif! imperative singular
- reife! imperative singular
- reift! imperative plural
- gereift sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to reifen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reifen in German?
reifen appears 21 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).