streiten
German, verb
streiten is spelled S-T-R-E-I-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Streiten is a German verb meaning “to argue; to fight; to quarrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Streiten is a different word: “gerund of streiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wütend eine Auseinandersetzung haben”.
What does streiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to argue; to fight; to quarrel
Ich streite mich oft mit meiner Mutter.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of streiten
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Streit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. wütend eine Auseinandersetzung haben 2. einen aggressiven Kampf führen, um etwas zu erlangen 3. militärische Auseinandersetzung austragen
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 streiten
- streitet present singular third-person
- stritt past
- gestritten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- streitend participle present
- streite first-person indicative present
- streitest indicative present second-person
- stritten first-person indicative plural
- stritte first-person formal rare
- strittest indicative preterite second-person
- strittst indicative preterite second-person
- strittet indicative plural preterite
- streit imperative second-person singular
- streite! imperative singular
- streitet! imperative plural
- gestritten haben active infinitive perfect
- zu streiten active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to streiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is streiten in German?
streiten appears 17 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).