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wechseln

German, verb

wechseln is spelled W-E-C-H-S-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written German, the 2,499th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wechseln is a German verb meaning “to change, to exchange” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wechseln is a different word: “gerund of wechseln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Hilfsverb »haben«”.

What does wechseln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to change, to exchange

  2. 2

    to switch

  3. 3

    to swap

  4. 4

    to vary

  5. 5

    to shift

noun

as Wechseln
  1. 1

    neutergerund of wechseln

noun

as Wechseln
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Wechsel

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. mit Hilfsverb »haben«: 2. häufiger durch etwas Anderes ersetzen oder ersetzt werden 3. Eines gegen etwas Anderes tauschen 4. Geldmünzen oder Geldscheine in Kleingeld umtauschen

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 wechseln

  • wechselt present singular third-person
  • wechselte past
  • gewechselt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • wechselnd participle present
  • wechsle first-person indicative present
  • wechsele first-person indicative present
  • wechsel first-person indicative present
  • wechselst indicative present second-person
  • wechselest second-person singular subjunctive
  • wechslest second-person singular subjunctive
  • wechselet plural second-person subjunctive
  • wechslet plural second-person subjunctive
  • wechselten first-person indicative plural
  • wechseltest indicative preterite second-person
  • wechseltet indicative plural preterite
  • wechsele! imperative singular
  • wechsle! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to wechseln

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wechseln in German?

wechseln appears 33 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).

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