waschen
German, verb
waschen is spelled W-A-S-C-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Waschen is a German verb meaning “to wash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Waschen is a different word: “washing”. On this page, Wäschen is a different word: “plural of Wäsche”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Wasser oder einer anderen Flüssigkeit reinigen”.
What does waschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wash
Wasch dir die Hände, bevor du zu Tisch gehst.
noun
- 1
neuterwashing
- 2
neuterscrubbing
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Wäsche
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Wasser oder einer anderen Flüssigkeit reinigen
noun: 1. das Reinigen von etwas in oder auch mit einer Flüssigkeit
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 waschen
- wäscht present singular third-person
- wusch past
- gewaschen participle past
- wüsche past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- waschend participle present
- wasche first-person indicative present
- wäschst indicative present second-person
- wascht indicative plural present
- waschest second-person singular subjunctive
- waschet plural second-person subjunctive
- wuschen first-person indicative plural
- wüschen first-person formal plural
- wuschst indicative preterite second-person
- wuscht indicative plural preterite
- wüschest formal rare second-person
- wüschst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to waschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is waschen in German?
waschen appears 16 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).