wällen
German, verb
wällen is spelled W-Ä-L-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wällen is a German verb meaning “to boil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, wallen is a different word: “to move violently, to seethe (of boiling liquid)”. On this page, Wallen is a different word: “plural of Wall”. With a capital, Wällen is a different word: “dative plural of Wall”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kochen lassen”.
What does wällen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to boil
verb
- 1
to move violently, to seethe (of boiling liquid)
- 2
to roil (of the sea)
- 3
to undulate, to flutter, to palpitate
- 4
to move (somewhere) while undulating, to billow, to flow
verb
- 1
to walk solemnly, to walk with a measured pace
- 2
archaicto go on a pilgrimage
noun
- 1
plural of Wall
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wallen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Wall
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wällen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich heftig bewegen 2. in Wellen und Wogen sich bauschend herabhängen
verb: 1. eine Pilgerfahrt unternehmen
verb: 1. kochen lassen
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 wällen
- wallt present singular third-person
- wallte past
- gewallt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- wallend participle present
- walle first-person indicative present
- wallst indicative present second-person
- wallest second-person singular subjunctive
- wallet plural second-person subjunctive
- wallten first-person indicative plural
- walltest indicative preterite second-person
- walltet indicative plural preterite
- wall imperative second-person singular
- walle! imperative singular
- wallet! imperative plural
- gewallt haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wällen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wällen in German?
wällen 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).