Weile
German, noun
Weile is spelled W-E-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weile is a German feminine noun meaning “while (uncertain duration of time, period of time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, weile is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbestimmte, kürzere Zeitdauer”.
What does Weile mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewhile (uncertain duration of time, period of time)
Darf ich auch mal eine Weile damit fahren?
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unbestimmte, kürzere Zeitdauer
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 Weile
- Weilen plural
- Weilchen diminutive neuter
- Weil alternative poetic
- Weil' alternative poetic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Weile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Weile in German?
Weile appears 27 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).