sieden

[ˈziːdn̩]

/[ˈziːdn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“sieden” is uncommon German (frequency #83,302 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,302
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas kochen, zum Kochen bringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sieden · sieden · German

sieden · rank #83,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,302
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Skilehrer

Nearest frequency peer: Skilehrer (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sieden“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sieden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sieden
PropertyValue
Headwordsieden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈziːdn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#83,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sieden“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.siedenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Skilehrer“ (#83,303), „SMV“ (#83,304), „Sherpa“ (#83,299). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sieden“ bei #83,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sieden is uncommon German at frequency #83,302 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈziːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

sieden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sieden, spelled S-I-E-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas kochen, zum Kochen bringen
  2. 2
    kochen; als Wasser über 100 Grad warm sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sieden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich siede Krebse.
  2. Am Feiertag gab es bei uns gesottenes Rindfleisch.

Synonyms

abkochendünstengarenkochenbrodelnkochen

This word in other languages

boil(English)hervir(Español)cuire(Français)ferver(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sieden"?
"sieden" is spelled S-I-E-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈziːdn̩].
What does "sieden" mean?
As a verb, "sieden" means: etwas kochen, zum Kochen bringen
How do you pronounce "sieden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sieden" is [ˈziːdn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sieden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sieden", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sherpa#83,299sonata#83,308Seraph#83,295sehend#83,289

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list