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
to wail
noun
- 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).