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wehklagen

German, verb

wehklagen is spelled W-E-H-K-L-A-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wehklagen is a German verb meaning “to wail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wehklagen is a different word: “gerund of wehklagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “seelische Not äußern”.

What does wehklagen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to wail

noun

as Wehklagen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of wehklagen

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. seelische Not äußern

noun: 1. Handlung, seelischer Not Ausdruck zu verleihen

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 wehklagen

  • wehklagt present singular third-person
  • wehklagte past
  • gewehklagt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • wehklagend participle present
  • wehklage first-person indicative present
  • wehklagst indicative present second-person
  • wehklagest second-person singular subjunctive
  • wehklaget plural second-person subjunctive
  • wehklagten first-person indicative plural
  • wehklagtest indicative preterite second-person
  • wehklagtet indicative plural preterite
  • wehklag imperative second-person singular
  • habe gewehklagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gewehklagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • wehklag! imperative singular
  • wehklage! imperative singular
  • wehklagt! imperative plural

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

English words that translate to wehklagen

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

How common is wehklagen in German?

wehklagen 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).

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