singen
German, verb
singen is spelled S-I-N-G-E-N (6 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Singen is a German verb meaning “to sing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Singen is a different word: “gerund of singen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Lied (oder eine Melodie) mit der eigenen Stimme hervorbringen”.
What does singen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sing
noun
- 1
neutergerund of singen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Lied (oder eine Melodie) mit der eigenen Stimme hervorbringen 2. jemanden oder etwas bei einer Vernehmung ausplappern, preisgeben oder verraten
noun: 1. das Vonsichgeben mehr oder minder melodischer Töne, das Anstimmen eines Gesangs
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 singen
- singt present singular third-person
- sang past
- gesungen participle past
- sänge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- singend participle present
- singe first-person indicative present
- singst indicative present second-person
- singest second-person singular subjunctive
- singet plural second-person subjunctive
- sangen first-person indicative plural
- sängen first-person formal plural
- sangst indicative preterite second-person
- sangt indicative plural preterite
- sängest formal rare second-person
- sängst formal rare second-person
- sänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to singen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is singen in German?
singen appears 36 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).