weilen
German, verb
weilen is spelled W-E-I-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weilen is a German verb meaning “to be, be present somewhere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weilen is a different word: “gerund of weilen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich an einem Ort aufhalten, an einem Ort bleiben”.
What does weilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be, be present somewhere
- 2
to linger, spend time (in some temporary manner) at some place, with someone, or in some state
noun
- 1
neutergerund of weilen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich an einem Ort aufhalten, an einem Ort bleiben
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 weilen
- weilt present singular third-person
- weilte past
- geweilt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- weilend participle present
- weile first-person indicative present
- weilst indicative present second-person
- weilest second-person singular subjunctive
- weilet plural second-person subjunctive
- weilten first-person indicative plural
- weiltest indicative preterite second-person
- weiltet indicative plural preterite
- weil imperative second-person singular
- habe geweilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geweilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- weil! imperative singular
- weile! imperative singular
- weilt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to weilen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weilen in German?
weilen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).