weichkochen
German, verb/ˈvaɪ̯çˌkɔxn̩/
weichkochen is spelled W-E-I-C-H-K-O-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weichkochen is a German verb meaning “to cook until soft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so lange erhitzen (kochen), bis das Nahrungsmittel nicht mehr hart (sondern weich) ist”.
What does weichkochen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cook until soft
- 2
to cajole
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so lange erhitzen (kochen), bis das Nahrungsmittel nicht mehr hart (sondern weich) ist 2. jemanden so lange bereden, bis dieser zustimmt, obwohl er das zunächst nicht wollte
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 weichkochen
- kocht weich present singular third-person
- kochte weich past
- weichgekocht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- weichkochend participle present
- weichzukochen infinitive infinitive-zu
- koche weich first-person indicative present
- kochen weich first-person indicative plural
- kochst weich indicative present second-person
- kochest weich second-person singular subjunctive
- kochet weich plural second-person subjunctive
- kochten weich first-person indicative plural
- kochtest weich indicative preterite second-person
- kochtet weich indicative plural preterite
- weich kochen alternative
- koch weich! imperative singular
- koche weich! imperative singular
- kocht weich! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce weichkochen?
- /ˈvaɪ̯çˌkɔxn̩/
- [ˈvaɪ̯çˌkɔxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is weichkochen in German?
weichkochen appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).