weiden
German, verb
weiden is spelled W-E-I-D-E-N (6 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weiden is a German verb meaning “to browse, to graze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weiden is a different word: “plural of Weide”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf einer Weide Gras fressen”.
What does weiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to browse, to graze
Vieh weidete auf dem Feld.
- 2
to gloat
Sie weidet sich am Pech ihrer Rivalin.
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Weide
noun
- 1
neutergerund of weiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf einer Weide Gras fressen 2. weiden lassend hüten 3. sich erfreuen
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 weiden
- weidet present singular third-person
- weidete past
- geweidet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- weidend participle present
- weide first-person indicative present
- weidest indicative present second-person
- weideten first-person indicative plural
- weidetest indicative preterite second-person
- weidetet indicative plural preterite
- weid imperative second-person singular
- habe geweidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geweidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- weide! imperative singular
- weidet! imperative plural
- geweidet haben active infinitive perfect
- geweidet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geweidet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to weiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weiden in German?
weiden appears 6.8 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).