siechen
German, verb/ˈziːçən/
siechen is spelled S-I-E-C-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Siechen is a German verb meaning “to be very ill, bedridden for a long time, moribund” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of siech. The German Wiktionary defines it as “krankheitsbedingt dahinleiden, krank sein”.
What does siechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be very ill, bedridden for a long time, moribund
- 2
obsoleteto be ill (in general)
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. krankheitsbedingt dahinleiden, krank sein
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 siechen
- siecht present singular third-person
- siechte past
- gesiecht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- siechend participle present
- sieche first-person indicative present
- siechst indicative present second-person
- siechest second-person singular subjunctive
- siechet plural second-person subjunctive
- siechten first-person indicative plural
- siechtest indicative preterite second-person
- siechtet indicative plural preterite
- siech imperative second-person singular
- habe gesiecht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gesiecht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sieche! imperative singular
- siecht! imperative plural
- gesiecht haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce siechen?
- /ˈziːçən/
- [ˈziːçn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to siechen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is siechen in German?
siechen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).