siedeln
German, verb
siedeln is spelled S-I-E-D-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Siedeln is a German verb meaning “to settle (cultivate hitherto unoccupied areas; create a colony in foreign land)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Siedeln is a different word: “gerund of siedeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sesshaft werden, sich niederlassen, eine Wohnstätte gründen”.
What does siedeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to settle (cultivate hitherto unoccupied areas; create a colony in foreign land)
Mein Großvater war der erste, der in diesem Sumpfgebiet gesiedelt hat.
- 2
to dwell; to nest; without the implication of a colony
Die Ureinwohner siedelten vor allem entlang der Flussläufe.
- 3
obsoletealternative form of ansiedeln
noun
- 1
neutergerund of siedeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sesshaft werden, sich niederlassen, eine Wohnstätte gründen 2. den Wohnsitz, den Firmensitz oder Ähnliches wechseln und sich an einem anderen Ort niederlassen
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 siedeln
- siedelt present singular third-person
- siedelte past
- gesiedelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- siedelnd participle present
- siedle first-person indicative present
- siedele first-person indicative present
- siedel first-person indicative present
- siedelst indicative present second-person
- siedelest second-person singular subjunctive
- siedlest second-person singular subjunctive
- siedelet plural second-person subjunctive
- siedlet plural second-person subjunctive
- siedelten first-person indicative plural
- siedeltest indicative preterite second-person
- siedeltet indicative plural preterite
- siedle! imperative singular
- siedele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to siedeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is siedeln in German?
siedeln appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).