weihen
German, verb
weihen is spelled W-E-I-H-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weihen is a German verb meaning “to dedicate to a cause or purpose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weihen is a different word: “plural of Weihe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person durch besondere religiöse Handlungen in ein Amt einführen”.
What does weihen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dedicate to a cause or purpose
- 2
to consecrate
- 3
to ordain, to invest someone in a religious office
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Weihe
noun
- 1
neutergerund of weihen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Person durch besondere religiöse Handlungen in ein Amt einführen 2. etwas segnen und damit in religiösen Gebrauch nehmen 3. etwas einer Aufgabe widmen 4. etwas einer Person widmen
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 weihen
- weiht present singular third-person
- weihte past
- geweiht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- weihend participle present
- weihe first-person indicative present
- weihst indicative present second-person
- weihest second-person singular subjunctive
- weihet plural second-person subjunctive
- weihten first-person indicative plural
- weihtest indicative preterite second-person
- weihtet indicative plural preterite
- weih imperative second-person singular
- habe geweiht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geweiht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- weihe! imperative singular
- weiht! imperative plural
- geweiht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to weihen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weihen in German?
weihen appears 1.1 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).