sieden
German, verb
sieden is spelled S-I-E-D-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sieden is a German verb meaning “to simmer, to seethe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sieden is a different word: “gerund of sieden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas kochen, zum Kochen bringen”.
What does sieden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to simmer, to seethe
- 2
to boil; to simmer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of sieden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas kochen, zum Kochen bringen 2. kochen; als Wasser über 100 Grad warm 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 sieden
- siedet present singular third-person
- sott past
- siedete past
- gesotten participle past
- gesiedet participle past
- sötte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong or weak
- siedend participle present
- siede first-person indicative present
- siedest indicative present second-person
- sotten first-person indicative plural
- siedeten first-person indicative plural
- sötten first-person formal plural
- sottest indicative preterite second-person
- sottst indicative preterite second-person
- siedetest indicative preterite second-person
- sottet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sieden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sieden in German?
sieden appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).